"Listening tour"

So the start of this grand GOP rebranding is a "listening tour?"
(Also CNN, and, of course, FoxNews.)

Somehow, I don't think "listening" to the hardcore people who show up at non-election year GOP events is the best way to reach to moderates.

Remember the last round of townhalls? "I heard Obama's a Muslim....," "Socialist...," "My friends and I have been buying guns...."

(Answer: The "townhalls" are a sham. They are a first validating step so that when this star chamber of Republicans comes out with positions away from the base, they can claim "they heard in townhalls across the nation....")

Note: Notice as you read these stories that the "crowd" was listed as 50-100. Hardly worth these politicians' time in absolute terms.... but they're getting coverage and validation.