"what they propose to do to solve the nation's ills?"

They don't propose anything, Peter... they just want power back, as they can manipulate various stuff easier that way. They have sort of strange assumption that 'the nation' will muddle along somehow, and they can reap the short-term benefits.

(Now, I KNOW that none of them will say it that way, but having watched their behavior since Nixon and Reagan, there's very little else I can surmise.)