Are we for or against term limits? Are we for or against straight party voting? Are we for or against mandatory sentences? How do we feel about aid to business including the multi-nationals, the UN, and my Congressman taking trips with lobbyist? Where are we on trade with the Arabs, student visas, home schoolers allowed to compete in sports with local high schoolers without regard to where they live?
While we are at it how about the guys who say one thing and do another? How about my state rep who SWORE he would only run for 4 terms and is now in his fifth race? BTW He is the most conservative member of the Texas House.
Problem is we can't agree on very many core issues and the party in Texas looks very little like the people who attend conventions. If you hold everyone to the platform that's fine, you will get the 20% of the vote that agrees with everything you write.
This will be fine with that segment of the party who loves to lose while not giving an inch on anything. My Baptist city councilman told me at lunch Monday that most of our problems were centered in the Catholic and Methodist Church. He will be a fine member of the 20% ...........
If a return to the gold standard is a "core" idea which Republican's are required to advocate, 20% may be generous. Withdrawl from the UN probably drops under 20% as well.
To me, the most important "core" value would involve a candidate elucidating his values and ideas to voters, then sticking to them. R's don't need to be held to a shopping list of "values" as do the dems.
Otherwise known as The Unappeaseables, this group wants to start kicking people out of the party because they don't tow the line 100%.
Reminds me of some members of my Catholic Church. They want the Pope to start excommunicating massive numbers of people because they're sinners.
Of course, they would be the only ones left.