He is right about one thing: the Republican leadership is NOT conservative. They are Christian Socialists. The GOP needs to get back to the basic, libertarian conservatism that Jefferson, Goldwater and Reagan represented.
Jefferson was the first Dem, Goldwater was too liberal, and Reagan was NEVER a Libertarian.
Is "Christian Socialists" your term? I like it.
Jefferson was a radical, not a conservative. And an agrarian.