What leverage do conservatives have if the GOP knows they will support any nominee, no matter how repugnant?
Why don’t the party hacks just declare their choice for President and suspend the elections in this country?I think that’s what they would really like to do.
Was it lack of conservative "leverage" that led to McCain's apparent nomination? Had the primary voters felt greater awe regarding "conservative leverage" this year would they have chosen differently in the voting booth?
I believe that if you think about it there is a lot missing from this "conservative leverage" argument. People who make this argument seem to think that this "leverage" will "force" the RNC to "give" us better candidates. But the RNC does not "give" us candidates. Candidates choose for themselves whether to run and then the primary electorate chooses from among them. So how is this "leverage" thing supposed to work?
All the more reason to resist it. The pyrrhic victories they seek are little more than rationed suicide pacts with liberal causes.
What leverage do conservatives have if the GOP knows they will support any nominee, no matter how repugnant?
That is the very question that the liberal RINO supporters don't want us to ask. They know that the answer entails nothing but surrender to the Democrat wing of the Republican Party.
Reagan must be spinning in his grave.
You work to get conservatives in Congress. The GOP doesn't really control smaller races; there are too many of them. Encourage conservatives to run for the State legislatures, then they will be the Farm Team for Congress. That's what the liberals have been doing for years. We need to take some pointers from them. We've been relying on our fellow citizens to see the logic of conservative ideas, but that's not working.
If we elect Conservatives to Congress, they will work with McCain on good legislation, but be in a position block the bad stuff. They would be helpful working against a Democrat, but would always be in negative mode, which wouldn't be helpful to their re-election.
Besides, it isn't just the office of President that will be important in this next election. The President will be in control of all Federal agencies, and will appoint the Directors. I frankly don't want Democrats in charge of the Dept. of Defense, the State Department, Homeland Security, or Environmental Protection Agency.
Another advantage to working hard to get more Republicans, especially conservative ones, in Congress is that we can take back control of Congressional Committees. We've see the carp shoveled by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Do we want four or eight more years of that? Even if McCain is not as conservative as we might like, having Republicans, especially more conservative ones, in Congress will keep those Committees in more sane hands.
McCain was certainly not my guy; I'm a FredHead, and would be absolutely THRILLED if he were chosen as Veep, but I will vote for McCain in November, because I don't want the Dems to have control of the White House again. I frankly fear for the safety of our nations' citizens if the Dems regained control of the government.
“”””If we don’t take a stand
And the party hacks continue their attempt at browbeating conservatives into supporting a liberal.
What leverage do conservatives have if the GOP knows they will support any nominee, no matter how repugnant?”””””
We have evangelicals, conservatives and RHINO’s that comprise the republican party. 2/3’s the party has endured liberal republican policy since 1988 GHW with the accompanying abuse of being called racist over illegal immigration with the added insult of JM as our prospective leader.....
It’s time for the RHINO part of the party to compromise.
The RINO’s talk like Democrats; Green, Global, Open boarders , National healthcare, Free trade, Spending money and raising taxes.
RHINO’s tell us that is just a new political reality that us conservative have to get used to. We are evolving into a single National liberal party IMO and it’s now or never that we reject these ideas, enough is enough.
The RHINO’s can vote conservative for a change if they want to win elections