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The macro problem is that the "Reagan Democrats", who are the key to revival, hate the socons with such a passion that they won't even breathe the same air.

I don't know this to be true. I know for a fact that the hard left hates social conservatives (and everyone right of center) with such a passion. I hardly believe that anyone who can be defined as a "Reagan Democrat" hates our side that much.

To have a successful coalition (all winning national parties are coalitions), this conflict has to be reconciled, somehow.

I think the answer is in your post. A strong, charismatic conservative, who can plainly articulate the simple, yet powerful truths of our message will draw people away from the corruption of the Democrat side. We now have two such people in our party who are capable of that, in the persons of Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann.

The macro problem is that the "Reagan Democrats", who are the key to revival, hate the socons with such a passion that they won't even breathe the same air.

It isn't only not true, it is the opposite of the truth, Reagan democrats came over to Reagan because of social conservatism and national defense. Someone like Jim Noble is really in the minority among conservatives since conservatism is mostly made up of people that are conservative in all ways, led by social conservatism.

People that are anti conservative like Jim are about 70-75% democrat voters, unlike, say, White Evangelical voters that are about 83% republican.