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This is going to be one of the hottest topics on the stage for the next year and a half. Palin is hugely popular among many in the Republican Party. To many, she is their rock star candidate. However most of her supporters are political novices. They were the same types who believed Christie O'Donnell could win in Delaware if people just wished it. If people only believed it, it could happen. But of course she lost and if her opponent in the primary had won we would have another Republican in the Senate and be much closer to parity.

What I think is going on is why Republicans are often called "the stupid party". Democrats are "the evil party". Many here believe that conservatives are a majority in the United States. They hang with other conservatives both in personnal life and online. So they get a distorted picture of what's happening around them. I live in a sea of liberalism, so I have no delusional of the situation.

True Conservatives do not represent a majority of Americans. Most Americans are moderate more or less. They are a requirement for any Republican to win a national election. We should NEVER forget this simple fact. The country could be in a meltdown not seen since the end of the Civil War BUT Obama is going to win 95% of the Black Vote- Guaranteed. He's going to win 80% of the Hispanic Vote. He's going to win 65% or more of the Asian Vote. These numbers are carved into stone and cannot be changed. Add to these numbers the municipal labor unions, traditional labor unions and suicidal lunatic whites and you have enough votes to give Obama a second term. ANY Republican candidate will need to win both branches of the Republican Party and a substantial number of moderates to have a chance of beating Obama. We should never forget this. If we squabble and have types who call every Republican Candidate who doesn't agree with them on every issue a RINO, we might just have real problems. Think about it.

True Conservatives do not represent a majority of Americans. Most Americans are moderate more or less. They are a requirement for any Republican to win a national election. We should NEVER forget this simple fact. The country could be in a meltdown not seen since the end of the Civil War BUT Obama is going to win 95% of the Black Vote- Guaranteed. He's going to win 80% of the Hispanic Vote. He's going to win 65% or more of the Asian Vote. These numbers are carved into stone and cannot be changed. Add to these numbers the municipal labor unions, traditional labor unions and suicidal lunatic whites and you have enough votes to give Obama a second term. ANY Republican candidate will need to win both branches of the Republican Party and a substantial number of moderates to have a chance of beating Obama. We should never forget this. If we squabble and have types who call every Republican Candidate who doesn't agree with them on every issue a RINO, we might just have real problems. Think about it.

In other words - you expect conservatives to stay firmly on the GOP plantation, no matter how badly they are treated.

That approach already gave up Obama once. Now you want more.