Healthy political institutions grow through addition, not subtraction.  Applying a rigid ideological test for membership or candidacy smacks of cultism. Despite suggestions to the contrary, Ms. Fukumoto wasn't removed as Minority Leader because of her liberalism; it was because she was unwilling to take a more assertive stance as the leader of the Loyal Opposition.  Given all the ills which Mr. Ryan cites, what  Hawaii desperately needs now is a healthy Republican Party that can act as a check on Democrat corruption and incompetence.  That can only happen if the party expands by embracing the range of groups and individuals, and opinions, that make up the mosaic of our state.