[House Atreides]

“You can’t piss off your base in order to win elections. The GOP is toast.”

True, but in many states, unfortunately, conservative candidates cannot win with support only from the base.
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Yes, that is true but for many congressional districts, Republican candidates can’t lose—unless they’re caught with a dead child sexual partner.

Check out the party registration stats in Boehner’s home district for example. There is not a reason in the world why someone from that district needs to be a RINO. Yet Boehner largely is.

[riverdawg]

I agree with you about Boehner. He's been in DC too long.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Exactly. They are not going to pick a leader from a swing district.