text: Friedman has it pretty much spot on - we, as a democracy of essentially a two party system need a party to replace the one formerly known as the GOP.  Today's conservative movement has been hijacked and needs to divorce the fringe movements it has collected over the decades in pursuit of winning elections, not governing.  Let the fringes stand on their own, odds are they will be relegated to just than, the out of context cults they really are.