I don't know about you guys, but I've been a little suspicious of the "future of the GOP" pieces- on Matthews and Maddow -- that feature David Frum and posit that he's speaking for the GOP. As we know, Frum (and Steve Schmidt) are not the GOP.
So, that's why I heartily recommend listening to this "on point" radio round up "What's Next for the GOP." The ubiquitous Mr Frum is on but in this case he's pitted against Richard Viguerie and Brent Bozell - real conservative leaders. As you might guess, Viguerie and Bozell do not endorse the idea that the GOP have to change.
And, what is really interesting, is an exchange between Viguerie and Frum. First of all, Frum out and out says "I have no influence in the GOP, I am nobody." Second, when Frum makes his pitch about how the GOP needs to change, Viguerie rejects it out right and says that "we (GOP") have to go back to getting a candidate like Reagan who could win the youth vote." Frum gleefully points out that, yes, Reagan captured the youth vote 30 years ago and those "yutes" are now pretty old.
Real window into how GOP leaders really think. And, it made me realize that we have a real leg up on these guys because their leadership is so entrenched. Much of the current GOP conservative leadership arrived with Reagan and that's the reality they like and want to promote - so you have guys like Viguerie, Bozell (and Norquist) who like their status quo (it's how they got paid) and they are not going to change up because it would mean having to change their jobs.
Enjoy.