"In a break from generations past and with an eye toward the future, many of the youngest leaders of the Republican Party are embracing views on some social issues that are at odds with traditional conservative ideology — if they mention such issues at all, according to interviews, experts and some polling."

this seems idiotic to me...

So what defines a Republican in 2012? A desire for less government?

for some, that is it. The need for libertarians to form their own party on a logical platform is here rather than Fox-feed Tea Party.

If the Tea Party wants to be taken seriously it needs to turn down money from the Koch brothers.

Read: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer

hard to do when you are unorganized

That's the irony. They're unorganized but their money comes from people who are very organized.