You must win the debate in the forum of ideas to gain the moral high ground to win the battle of wills.
The debate needs to be within conservatism on what to do. Then we need to do it. The left needs to be out of the equation. You don’t negotiate or debate with people who want to quiet, disarm, marginalize, and kill you. It makes no sense to try to convince the left, and the American people don’t need to be convinced. Obama has shown that you needn’t win the people, you do your thing and the people accept it or don’t. We shouldn’t not let our liberty depend on the will of the masses or the will of people who are fundamentally opposed to liberty.