It would be nice if there was evidence of some original thinking on the part of the GOP.
Why not to the Republican response to the speech in an auditorium filled with 5,000 people friendly to the GOP message? A hot audience reacting to Jindal would have elevated the performance, and may have inspired Jindal to a better performance.
The GOP really does plod along, married to convention. It’s the way it’s always been done, why change? The GOP needs a shot in the arm - I think if anyone in the GOP had a genuinely fresh and intelligent idea, it would die of loneliness. And I speak specifically of presentation and strategy, not substantive ideas.
“presentation and strategy”
I was clipping old newspapers and ran across an attempt by Newt Gingrich to use UTube in a creative way. Unfortunately, it appeared to have bombed, as he managed to insult many in his target audience, and muffed his apology.