Mark Tapscott has laid out a detailed plan for the GOP to follow for this year up until the election. It's unique! He's suggesting they actually get some the their campaign promises passed before the election vs the usual campaign promise which is forgotten as soon as the election is over. His last update has the blueprint with the possible outcome if the current GOP legislators ignore his advice. This really nails what needs to be done for the GOP to regain the trust of it's Conservative base. Do I think they'll do this, hell no. Here's a bit of his prediction if the GOP tanks with this years election:

If the GOP majority in Congress makes acceptable progress on these issues in coming months, conservatives will work, contribute and vote accordingly. If Congress doesn't act on these issues - or merely goes through the same old rhetorical motions - it will be clear beyond any further doubt that GOP majority really doesn't care about enacting conservative reforms and the GOP is useless as a tool for advancing political liberty.

Second, if the GOP majority fails to act or merely continues to talk about it, conservatives then have an obligation to find or create a new party. I'm not unaware of the immense difficulties that face new parties in American politics. The GOP's sucess in coming to power in only three elections (1856, 58 and 60) is the great exception to the norm for minority parties.

I'm not talking here of a political Kamikaze ala Bob Smith of New Hampshire. The reason the GOP succeeded in the pre-Civil War era was it provided a new home for dissatisfied Whigs and Democrats. The hard work of creating and sustaining a new home for conservatives leaving the GOP is what must be done before any Member of Congress, sitting governor, state legislator or other elected GOP official switches parties.

Maybe the country will have to go through a few decades of party restructuring. What do you do when one's choices are between the "Really Big Spenders" and the "Really Really Big Spenders"?

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