Yes, and I enjoy those debates, and they are important, I just wish we could do more than debate.
But alas, the right has never been good at activism, or brainstorming.
Activism? Um...ever heard of Free Republic? Protest Warrior? Young Republicans and such on any number of campuses? And unless you leave lobbying out of the activism definition, there are PACs and interest groups (like the NRA and CWA) who are just plain juggernauts in the activist arena.