I think that RP pulls from both the left and right. I tend to think a little more from the right. In a 3 way race, I see barky ultimately emerging the winner. From my perspective there is little difference; both mittens and barky are cut from the same cloth.
I also think a big problem that the gop is going to face this year is with the gunnies. This hasn’t been much discussed, but given the non-choice between Fast and Furious barky and Massachusetts gun control mittens, I think a large majority of gunnies will vote for Ron Paul in a 3 way race. Regardless of who the NRA may or may not endorse.
As for how a 3rd party run affects conservatives in general, I don’t think it hurts them any more than they’ve already been hurt. Although I do think the paleo-cons and libertarians gain some traction as a result.
In my view, this election basically ended for the worst for conservatives the day Sarah Palin decided not to run. She and maybe Herman Cain could have united conservatives under a gop ticket. It’s obvious that the gop is NOT a conservative political party, and has no intent of running conservatives under it’s banner unless it is dragged into it kicking and screaming.
In my view, this election basically ended for the worst for conservatives the day Sarah Palin decided not to run.
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Yeah; Sarah, Jim DeMint, Paul Ryan..... the good ones decided, for whatever reason, not to run. So, we ended up with RINOs (Romney and Huntsman), wackos (Paul and Bachmann) and dummies (Perry and Cain). (Yes, I know I did not include Santorum and Gingrich in the RINOs, wackos and dummies). And, as far as Herman Cain, whom you mentioned......
Thank God we found out about Herman Cain before he got the nomination. I still say that if he was innocent of the charges, he would have stood and fought instead of running and hiding behind his wife and God. He let down a lot of people.