The evil-doer infiltrates a campaign, orders an artillary hit on headquarters itself... then YOU attack the people who helped Simon out of that mess???
Their "help" consisted of inserting a knife in Simon's back when he was down.
And, mind you, some of these groups went off on Simon so damn fast, and in such an organized fashion, that they HAD to have advance knowledge of the survey--and they did NOTHING to stop it, or to warn Simon that there was a problem brewing.
I judge people by their deeds. The "pro-family conservatives" in this state are really closet liberal extremists--because they do the liberals' dirty work.
Once the air cleared, those "pro-family" folks jumped back on and worked tirelessly to help Simon.
After they made sure that the damage inflicted on Simon was fatal.
We have liberals INSIDE the Republican party and they were going to make sure that a conservative Republican NEVER gets elected... even to the point of sabotage.
The most blatant sabotage I've seen is the Suslov conservatives backstabbing any candidate who doesn't promise to fall on his or her sword when commanded to do so by the Suslovites.
You have a very skewed perspective on this to believe that the pro-family element within the Republican party is anything other than the bedrock of the party... it is. We are the foundation.
I've seen the "pro-family" groups that are not directly affiliaited with the GOP play these games one time too many to stomach them. They've played this game before--they even BRAGGED about playing this game prior to 2002. "I am idiot, hear me roar."
We worked hard on phone trees, walking precincts, and everything necessary to bring Simon into the governor's office.
When the crisis hit, you people cut and run. If I were running the GOP, I'd throw the lot of you out and replace you with real pro-family conservatives, most of whom have been chased out of public life by the Suslovites. Prove that you're really pro-family and really conservative by not back-stabbing the GOP for three or four election cycles, and maybe you can come back in.
The "moderates" (many of whom are liberals on social issues and fiscal libertarians) not only failed to deliver, they undermined Simon whenever possible.
Oh, come on.
The local GOP had to deal with anti-Simon push-polls paid for by "pro-family" groups.
They just can't accept having a conservative in the governor's office. They would rather have Davis.
The Suslov conservatives out here would rather have Davis in office than their anointed candidate...and with five or six conservatives running in a primary, that means you're going to get five or six PO'd Suslovite organizations looking for an opportunity to shove the knife in.