[emax]

Well the problem is that 1, The American public simply flat out has far more pressing issues than whether or not abortion would be allowed in case of rape or whether or not gays would be allowed to adopt or be in the military or get married in MA. A Republican who tries to attract public support on promising to prevent any of this simply isn’t gonna do well at all. The employment, fiscal, govt spending, debt and national security crisis completely overshadow this. And the Conservative as well as the Liberal leaders ignore this at their peril. We need to evaluate Republican, and Democrat for that matter since party lines are indeed becomingly increasingly meaningless, on their capability to adhere to Conservative or at the very least Moderate-Libertarian-Conservative-Sensible positions on the issues that are immediately affecting the majority of the American public. Congress will always have a very limited number of members who are genuinely Conservative or Liberal on all fiscal, social and foreign policy issues. Just isn’t gonna happen. Joining in with the modern liberal activists in whining about the lack of representation we have is not gonna win the genuine Conservative movement any significant mass support. Instead, take a more productive approach and understand how ordinary, independent minded Americans view each side and prove the value of your positions and show why these positions will solve our current crisis.

[SoConPubbie]

Well the problem is that 1, The American public simply flat out has far more pressing issues than whether or not abortion would be allowed in case of rape or whether or not gays would be allowed to adopt or be in the military or get married in MA. A Republican who tries to attract public support on promising to prevent any of this simply isn’t gonna do well at all. The employment, fiscal, govt spending, debt and national security crisis completely overshadow this. And the Conservative as well as the Liberal leaders ignore this at their peril. We need to evaluate Republican, and Democrat for that matter since party lines are indeed becomingly increasingly meaningless, on their capability to adhere to Conservative or at the very least Moderate-Libertarian-Conservative-Sensible positions on the issues that are immediately affecting the majority of the American public. Congress will always have a very limited number of members who are genuinely Conservative or Liberal on all fiscal, social and foreign policy issues. Just isn’t gonna happen. Joining in with the modern liberal activists in whining about the lack of representation we have is not gonna win the genuine Conservative movement any significant mass support. Instead, take a more productive approach and understand how ordinary, independent minded Americans view each side and prove the value of your positions and show why these positions will solve our current crisis.

And that refusal to do the right thing and make excuses about it will continue to move the GOP to the left and it's eventual demise as more and more conservatives leave as they realize the GOP has no intentions of honoring their principles.

We need to follow Reagan's approach of focusing on all branches of conservatism, and not the approach of Bob Dole, GHB, GWB, or Romney who all compromised on conservative principals.

Not being the Democrat, may work this time, but it won't next time, and as Romney, true to his history and values, does things that every conservative should cringe at, the changes for a GOP Presidency in the future will grow more and more Dim, just like in MA, and just like in CA, where the GOP in both cases, is dead, exactly because the party kept going to the left, until the differences between the Democrats and GOP in both cases was a distinction without a difference.