Can the GOP Rebrand Itself as a Responsible Center-Right Party?

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Becoming a  responsible political party would require the GOP to acknowledge full social and political equality as a social and political starting point. That is possible, but don’t bet on it for the reasons just stated.  

Yet there is still a way for the country to move forward, even if the GOP does not. Progressives and moderates will have to continue grass roots political mobilization to build public support for social and economic equality and to mobilize a more culturally diverse electorate. They can do this by bringing in those who are not registered and also those who are turned off by the Republicans’ extremism and getting them to vote. The GOP, in this case, will have sealed its own irrelevance – and, hopefully, demise.