The problem is the very mentality / reasoning / approach that caused McCain to be the nominee precludes "[getting] conservatives back in the Senate and House." See mid-terms 2006.
See more [here # 134].
The only way to constitute a Republican majority in congress is for good, decent conservatives in RINO districts to vote for RINOs anyway (so that then true conservatives in the majority can get into positions of national leadership). But isn't that "unprincipled" in the same way it's "unprincipled" to vote for McCain even if it leads to the election of a Rat?
I think if a conservative candidate acted like a conservative he’d win primaries and general elections. For example, on the issue of immigration, amnesty is opposed by the vast majority of Americans. If Americans in each district were made aware of the true costs of illegal immigration, such as the strain on our health care system, the people would rally behind that candidate. With regards to tax cuts, if candidates stated that tax rate reductions increased revenues to the government, that the rich actually pay more of the nation’s tax burden when rates are lowered, they’d be in real good shape.
The key in my mind is to get true believers to run. Start campaigning the day after an election. Educate the people of their district on a daily bases. Financing will be there from grass roots conservatives if we actually have conservatives to support. So let there be no rino districts. We need to get conservatives to run in every primary.
For example, NH and Maine have 4 RINO Senators. The alternative is 4 Democrats, not 4 conservatives.
If conservatives in NH and ME lose those seats, where will they be made up? California?