No, the GOP is hurt by a lack of conservative convictions. They are just as responsible for excessive taxation, excessive federal spending, excessive borrowing, excessive erosion of personal freedoms, and a complete lack of regard for the Constitution just as much as the other guys. They have become the Laodicea of modern America. Its hard to imagine the party will have much of a future (assuming the nation survives that long) by having a strategy of being just a little less liberal than the other party that at least doesnt pretend that they dont want to tax, spend and limit freedoms without being restrained by the governed.