So what do modern conservatives do now? What do we do to attempt to rebuild the GOP, or to create a right-of-center party that effectively sidelines the reactionaries, neoconservatives, and Tea Partistas to their appropriate role in the party, giving them a vote and not a veto?

Make sure, to the best of our ability, that we dig deeper into the ranks of the party for men and women who understand the difference between “conservative” and “reactionary;” who recognize that we are sending them to Washington or the State House to get s*** done and not to serve as ideological poseurs; and who are willing to represent all Americans and not just the Fortune 500 and the members of the New York Stock Exchange.