There is a reason why the GOP brand is dying in those regions. They got away from the conservative ideas that still flourish in the southern states and started watering them down with liberal ideology.
If the GOP would start following the game plan of southern states to a tee, the party would begin to strengthen and find more success.
You live in the South. I used to believe just as you do when I lived in Georgia, but I’m in Ohio now, and it’s not true. The conservative message will not resonate here. You think a certain way. Your neighbors probably do also. You listen to Fox and post on Free Republic-thus enforcing the notion that others think like you do...if only the true conservative emerges. It’s not true. Such mistaken beliefs will lead to further election losses.