I think we would all agree that the Conservatives are much better at messaging than the Progressives, essentially because the Cons readily take marching orders and the Left resists them. That is, Progs know what we like when we see it, but they know what they like when they're told they like it. Ergo, there is a large segment of the American population that is for all practical purposes "unreachable" by truth alone, and yet that segment controls a disproportionate amount of our MSM (even while the opposition screams the tilt is the other way; what the Right does best and most consistently is blame the Left for what the Right has long been doing; culture wars, anyone?).
To my mind, the question is, do we want the Right: a) crippled, b) destroyed, or c) reborn.
I've been rooting for c, but I gotta tell you, they seem pretty much irredeemable at this point. I mean, I hear their flacks saying, "ok, we'll bite it this year and come back in 2016 with our big guns: Chris Christie." CHRIS CHRISTIE?! Barring that, the other "serious" candidates are Jeb Bush and Jeff Daniels, both of them either too sane or too well overseen to pull a Rick Perry and expose themselves as a white knight without a freakin' horse in a Prez election.
Seriously, Chris Christie? That's their fallback position?
It becomes very difficult at a certain point to have to acknowledge that there exists a sizeable segment of society that is so opposed to my way of thinking as to be utterly immovable. It seems it is much easier to stand still, even if you have to fight to do so, than it is to take a step forward. I do think the Left should start to consider that as they plot their way forward (note to DWS). Let's not waste effort on pointlessness; let's target our resources to the people willing to listen to us.