Calling in some reinforcements, eh? You might have called some of the wrong people.
Okay, I'll bite. I would suggest that the mere fact that you two are arguing is evidence of C.Ed's point. Our focus is in the wrong place if we are fighting each other. The primary target of our righteous anger should be on the democRAT party. Yes, the GOPe deserves its own share of our anger (which you BOTH agree on - no one's head is in the sand) but don't let the hill, pollutico, nyt and ap stir up exaggerated sh*t for us to be distracted by.
QUESTION: Did the GOP lose taking a Senate majority in 2012 because the GOPe didn't support 'Tea Party Movement' candidates who legitimately won their primaries OR because too many conservatives stayed home because they wanted to 'send a message' to the GOPe?
I think the answer is unfortunately is 'Yes' and 'Yes'. And it is state by state, and we have to be more strategic. Imagine the HUGE difference in Congress over the past year if Dingy Harry was minority leader. All we had to do was win winnable races in IN, MS, MT, ND and WV and it would have happened. What was the cost of sending a message?
We are in a LONG HARD SLOG. And that means fighting a war with an 'incremental strategy' of winning battle by battle, state by state. Generally, a candidate who can win in VA won't appear as 'conservative' as a candidate in MS or SC. For the record, Cuccinelli losing the VA governor race was totally the fault of the GOPe non-support, starting with his vanquished primary foe Bill Bolling who let personal sour grapes outweigh what was best for VA.
The planted story of this thread, pointed out upthread, is aimed at evoking conservative anger with the GOPe. Only this time, it may NOT even be the GOPe but Wyatt Durrette and friends seeking to pretend to be GOPe in order to create even more dissension in the GOP following the Cuccinelli loss. We shouldn't fall for it. It's a distraction from the bigger fish to fry. IMHO.