[Thane_Banquo]

Problem is the GOP under Bush was all about appealing to the squishy moderates. Yeah, that worked well.

60% of the electorate consistently, cycle after cycle, label themselves as conservatives. That should give us pause. People instinctively favor lower taxes, smaller government, less regulation, more freedom, etc.

I think we run in to problems not by being conservative, but by failing to try to communicate to independent voters what we’re really about.

[mnehring]

It isn't about compromising principles, it is about strategic alliances for a specific battle.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons- Winston Churchill

[af_vet_rr]

Problem is the GOP under Bush was all about appealing to the squishy moderates. Yeah, that worked well.

60% of the electorate consistently, cycle after cycle, label themselves as conservatives. That should give us pause. People instinctively favor lower taxes, smaller government, less regulation, more freedom, etc.

I think we run in to problems not by being conservative, but by failing to try to communicate to independent voters what we’re really about.

Well said! If the majority of people consider themselves conservative, and we can't win on our own merits, then we make it worse by selling out (or compromising as some call it), because we aren't giving people a reason to vote for us.

For eight years, we've compromised, and the end result is a bigger and more intrusive government. Another 4-8 years of compromise and we might as well hang it up, the USA will be finished as we know it.