Is the GOP’s problem that it’s too broad-based? That its outlook is excessively influenced by members of Congress from Democratic-oriented states?

Georgia Rep. Tom Price thinks so.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Jim Galloway catches this remarkable Wednesday radio interview with Price, where the outgoing chairman of the Republican Policy Committee notes that 70 of the 85 House GOP yes votes on the fiscal cliff deal came from blue state Republicans.

According to Price, what the House GOP – currently led by Republicans from Obama-voting states like Speaker John Boehner of Ohio – needs is more red state leadership