Reagan knew how to sell conservatism to 'Rat voters. Reagan won twice. Romney didn't and Romney lost.
For instance, Romney needed to explain how GOP policies would enable those in the famous 47% who don't want to be there to rise up out of it.
If Rand Paul is advocating that the GOP explain itself better, what's to argue about? We need to peel off more of the Democrat base if we are to win.
It didn’t help that the Reagan hating Mitt Romney was liberal, came out against the pro-life party platform, and was running pro-choice ads in Virginia, Wisconsin and Ohio.
Rand Paul is also left/libertarian/rino, on social issues, and is “growing” on abortion and border issues, gay marriage, etc.
“I think that the Republican Party, in order to get bigger, will have to agree to disagree on social issues,” Paul advised. “The Republican Party is not going to give up on having quite a few people who do believe in traditional marriage. But the Republican Party also has to find a place for young people and others who don’t want to be festooned by those issues.”
Paul has much in common with his man Mitt Romney.