They will stay home, like right wingers did when Dole ran.
That is what will happen.
I've been waiting a long time to pay that back.
And that worked out fine. It drove the party to the right again a led to election of GWB. Unfortunately, we just thought GWB was conservative.
In any event, the republican congress forced Clinton to govern as a relative spendthrift and things worked out fine. With a democrat in the whitehouse, the GOP congress actually scrutinized spending bills - with a Republican in the whitehouse they just rubberstamp them.
The party becoming weaker is not a bad thing if it is headed in the wrong direction.
I think you are right.
If you ain't got a horse in the race, why bet?
"They will stay home, like right wingers did when Dole ran. That is what will happen. I've been waiting a long time to pay that back."
Oh, puh-LEEZE, like you RINOs don't pay us back every time a budget bill comes up or a conservative nominee is floated. You people are laughable in your 'threats.' As if having you around pretending to be 'conservatives' of any hue isn't already damaging enough for the GOP's chances nationally.
At least now you're out of the closet calling the people who didn't approve of the stealth nominations 'right wingers,' which you obviously disapprove of. If you want a party without right wingers, the Democrats would be happy to have you, as long as you can foam at the mouth and holler insults like Howard Dean, I'm sure. And plenty of RINOs around here sure did that in responding to folks around here who simply brought forward Miers' own writings. Now, doing something so sensible that was 'vicious' and 'insulting,' according to you hacks. Sounds like the DU shoe fits pretty well for y'all.