Trouble is, there are a lot more like him still running the state and national parties. It would take a revolution to recover the party, but there are too many willing to go along because they think the alternative is worse. Meanwhile, we stagger-step to the Left with each offering further in that direction.
Folks just need to face up to the fact that the formerly grand old party is dead.
There was an article the past week or so in a Madison, Wisconsin rag about several women who were involved in the state Republican Party for decades. Both women were strong proponents of abortion on demand and Planned Parenthood. The article sympathized with the women who were feeling left out and ready to leave the GOP because of the Christian conservative influence since the Reagan years. Both women might now support Obama. I suspect there are a lot more people with similar views like these women in the Republican Party.