They need to reach out to us. As long as they keep saying we're just a bunch of dumb rubes, we'll keep winning elections. They need to re-examine their premises, from guns to abortion, and quit dismissing our position as one of ignorance.
He should NOT reach out to them. It didn't work last time -- Teddy Kennedy screwed him royally. We WON; the losers have to deal with it. They can get on board if they want too, but WE don't need to reconcile. They are truly beyond hope.
If the Democrats would just 1)expand their civil-liberties positions to cover the Second Amendment, 2)accept reasonable limits on late-term abortion (i.e. only to prevent serious physical risk to the mother after the cerebral cortex is distinctly developed), and 3)let the states take over most social programs and decide how to run them, I'd seriously consider voting for them. I'm not holding my breath.