[RightWhale]

It's very simple. When a political party grows, it does so by attracting those who are not as hard-core as the founders. It happened to the Libertarian Party, very quickly in that case since hard-core libertarians are scarce: now the moral libertarians dominate. It is happening to the Republicans. As the party grows, people outside the hard-core conservatism tradition are brought in. The question is whether the party wishes to be minority forever, or add in some mainstream moderates and others so as to actually get things done in the real world.

[BlackElk]

Last time I checked, the socialy conservative national GOP holds a majority of governorships, US Senate seats, US House seats, and the White House. If not for social conservatism, it would not. What makes you think the GOP is a minority?

Since when have the libertarians grown. It looks very much like they are instead trying a hostile takeover of the Gollyvornia GOP.