I'm noticing that, too. The Pragmatics seem to think the best course of action for 2008 is to shame the base with an endless barrage of insults.
I'd tell them it's not going to work, but what's the point? They can't hear inside the echo-chamber anyway. If they were half as critical of the party as they are of the voters who didn't rally behind the slop the GOP offered, we might be in business.
I think this sums it up. I would LOVE to see some party loyalists clearly state each plank in the national platform. And solicit feedback from the remaining Republican Congressional districts as to whether WE want to leave the planks rough-hewn.
Silly things like Social Security reform, immigration policy reform, and even healthcare policy review (trumpet the prescription drug benefit, search for more improvement). A serious and candid discussion on Iraq in specific, and foreign policy in general. Mexico and South America are important neighbors. They should be treated as such. Protected, praised, and punished where it is in our (and their) best interests.
Well, there is my 2 cents.