[mellow velo]

Conservatives face an uphill, and I dare say nearly impossible, battle. The GOP elite aren't going anywhere. Not after Dole, not after McCain, not now (heck, not after Dubya, either!). Yes, they need to be purged. Yes, they are milquetoasts when it comes to campaigning against the tactics of today's Democrats, but expecting them to walk away voluntarily is a pipe dream.

Unless we get rid of open primaries, Dems will cross-over and negatively influence the nomination process (i.e., will support a vulnerable RINO).

The MSM will either totally ignore the true Conservative candidate(s), or, if said candidate(s) should gain some traction, will demonize them with their coverage.

[EDINVA]

honestly, I am damned sick of these circular firing squad ‘leaders.’ Can’t they just keep their mouths shut for one day?

Romney wasn’t my first choice, but by election time he’d won my respect for the way he conducted himself and his campaign. He was up against the Chicago Machine.

No Republican or conservative is going to win office without a coalition, there just aren’t enough ‘pure’ conservatives. The Tea Party is one thing, the Religious Right is another. There are fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, and on and on. And none seems to think any of the others are “real” conservatives.

Conservative “leaders” will have to learn to stand together or hang separately. Our Founders knew that, it’s past time their successors learned that lesson.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

A lot of Conservatives didn't want Romney or Obama, and want to begin a decisive revolutionary sized movement to save this nation or lose it instead of just changing the speed we travel in the wrong direction. Romney would have just bought a little time, and might have stopped the rise in support we have needed to attempt to salvage what we can that this nation was built on. Obama just stepped it up to a new level, and that's finally woke up those in the dark. It's time for us to save this nation, or let it be destroyed, because anything else is just temporary. It's time to bring this to a conclusion one way or another.