So, even though in word and deed Romney has been a liberal his whole past but we are to hang our hope that he might be pushed into conservatism.
Conservatism is your core or it is not.
“Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no chance of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”
— Winston Churchill
Most of those who enter politics are not driven by such instincts. They may be driven by personal ambition; perhaps by some particular issue at a particular moment in time; perhaps only by having been recruited by political organizers, because they are seen as having an appealing personality. Political forces originating with the grassroots--even as unfortunate pressures from the mass media--can push such in different directions. It has happened over and over again.
Let us face it. We are going to lose America if we cannot be more persuasive. Do you have any better idea than to start with Romney now, by seeking to broaden the Conservative base with better grassroots persuasive techniques?
The obvious choice now, is whether to sit back & let a hostile media orchestrate the pressures on candidates, or use whatever honorable means are at our disposal to rouse the sleeping public in the right direction. If we do an effective enough job, both Romney & a lot of other office seekers, will start moving to the Right.
William Flax