[ontap]

I agree but a certain element at FR can’t seem to grasp this. I go hole hog for the conservative in the primaries and then vote the lesser of two evils in the general. I do think it is counter productive to allow so called independents to vote in the Republican primaries.

[MNSlim]

I wonder what the GOP will ever have to offer the emerging electorate: pop culture savvy, youngish, Hispanic, unmarried, single, female, urban and only peripherally religious.

We're not a club they wish to join.

[BillyBoy]

>> I agree but a certain element at FR can’t seem to grasp this. I go hole hog for the conservative in the primaries and then vote the lesser of two evils in the general. <<

Some freepers even get it backwards. They foist the "electable" RINO on us in the primary (Specter, Martinez, Sununu, Liddy Dole, Lisa Murcowski, etc.), and choose the general election to throw a temper tantrum and vote for an alledgedly "conservative" Democrat (one pledged to the likes of Pelosi and Reid) to "teach the GOP a lesson"

Hence the makeup of the current U.S. Senate can directly be attributed to the actions of many so-called "conservatives" who empower the enemy. Senators like Lieberman and Martinez wouldn't have gotten where they are today if it weren't for some "true conservative" freepers.

[BillyBoy]

If all freepers simply learned to follow the guidelines in post #47 (stop voting for empty suits, RINOs, embarrassing screwups, etc. in the primary), we'd have a good chance of having these guys as Florida's Senators in 2008:

Senior U.S. Senator Johnnie Byrd (R-FL), Elected 2004

Junior U.S. Senator Will McBride (R-FL), Elected 2006