Because of Obama’s inexperience, voters are looking for experience the next couple elections. Anybody who is running will have to have some years under their belt. The on the job training days are over for awhile. I think when picking our candidates for Tea Party we need to keep that in mind.
You got it right. conservatives, including Tea Party conservatives, have to learn several things:
1. Stop eating our children, continue to support those candidates whom we manage to get elected, even those whom we perceive as having become “impure”.
2. Recognize the truth of the old Klingon aphorism: “Only a fool fights in a burning house!” Conservatives, libertarians, moderates, neo-cons, and others have a common enemy. We can negotiate our differences, far smaller than with our common enemy, later, after we win.
3. Find core principles against which we can measure our positions on issues. My most important ones are the support for: Constitutional Government, Frugal Government, Limited Government, and non-intrusive Government. If we can agree, at least to some extent, we can win and settle (or agree not to settle) issues later.
Does that make sense to you? Ask yourself: Would you rather be successful or perceived as virtuous?