[SumProVita]

They are getting whipped because they were NOT conservatives.

[Randy Larsen]

That’s exactly right!

Simple...

[tips up]

They are getting whipped because they were NOT conservatives.

Bingo. Conservative ballot initiatives did just fine (gay marriage ban in CA and FL). McCain is not a conservative. He tried to sound like one and came across as a stuttering old fool. Palin saved him from a McGovern type blowout.

[LearsFool]

They are getting whipped because they were NOT conservatives.

I believe you nailed it.

I don't watch broadcast TV, and watched only a handful of ads on Youtube. Based on this conservative, all that campaign spending had a dismal ROI.

No, McCain betrayed us enough times to seal his own fate. I don't care if it was "his turn" or not, he should've stepped aside. We're sick of the betrayals. And assuming the Democrats don't demolish this country in four years, this 2008 election just may turn out to have been a good purging.

Might I suggest we drive the point home in our correspondence with the Republican Party? Something along the lines of "Get conservative and get to work, or get out!"

[zeebee]

They are getting whipped because they were NOT conservatives

I don't think it is that simple.

To those "undecided" or "independent" voters- the ones who REALLY determine elections- they saw McCain as the hero he is but with a significant health problem and a VP pick without a law degree who they had little confidence in.

I live with these people. They are pro-choice to the bone but would overlook that if they saw a vital charismatic conservative. Unfortunately this time around they saw Bob Dole and Dan Quayle.

Don't shoot the messenger here. I'm telling you like it is here in the burbs.

[LottieDah]

“They are getting whipped because they were NOT conservatives.”

They are getting whipped because they are preceived as ultra conservative by the ultra stupid.

[SatinDoll]

“Our party must expand its organization to include our coalition groups...is trying to pull conservative organizations back together...groups like the National Rifle Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and National Right to Life Committee...it’s time they started working together.”

OK. Fine. But everyone must be in agreement on one thing: sticking to the letter of the law.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce doesn’t agree with the letter of the law. They don’t understand the work, “illegal”, when it comes to illegal aliens. There is no such thing as an illegal immigrant. Your are an immigrant here legally with documentation, or you are an illegal alien, period.