[Claud]

It comes down to the question we asked and debated a million times before. Do we want a majority if you have to have a bunch of Castles to get there? Can we get a majority of principled conservatives? The answer to the first question depends on the second, and the answer to the second is a lot harder than many conservatives think it is.

Yeah, and part of the problem is trying to make absolutist principles out of it.

It completely depends on the situation. *This* RINO may be a good thing for us....but *that* RINO may not be. *This* conservative may a great chance to knock out an establishment guy. *That* one may not be.

I was one of the ones saying Christie was a RINO. Dead wrong. We need to think in terms of each situation, and not blindly following absolutism over a cliff.

Let's just each of us vote for who we want to represent us, and let the chips fall where they may.

[Williams]

In retrospect, I can’t see how adding Castle as a republican vote would dilute a conservative republican senate, versus having Coons there as an absolute leftist democrat voting with the democrats.

IF Christine, Angle, etc could have won that would be great. with 20 20 hindsight, they didn’t.