If Roberts stays true to his word, then we have won a big victory as conservatives.
But you can read those FReepers who still want to scrap the GOP very badly and claim they will take their votes elsewhere.
These are not conservatives, but loud-mouthed punks who do not understand the sausage-making called party politics.
The GOP is off-track in many ways. We have too many RINOs as politicians and too many Country Clubbers inside the leadership of the GOP apparatus.
But, those things can be fixed. We can primary the politicians out. We can replace the party leaders.
But, what too many cannot grasp is that none of this happens overnight.
We lose primaries because of bad candidates or too many good candidates splitting the vote. We get screwed by the GOP leadership before we can replace them with solid conservatives.
Conservatives have not shown an ability to coalesce around a single conservative candidate in the presidential primaries yet. We always split our vote and nitpick our candidates to death.
But, we are making progress. We have added some great conservative senators this cycle. We have added some great conservative representatives this cycle.
Are there enough to control the Senate and House? No.
But, that just means we have to continue the hard work of reforming the GOP into a conservative party.
It is concerning that some want to simply go vote and think the work is done.
Even if we could elect a majority of solid conservatives in the House and Senate, our work would not be done. The RINOs and country clubbers will fight back. They will not go quietly into the night.
But, we have shown that we can win.
I am not in favor of supporting a letter. I support principles I believe in. If the Republican party abandons those principles, I will abandon the Republican Party.
Unless you stand your ground on basic principles you will be run over by those who seek to destroy those principles. I will never again side with the “can wins.” That is a call to relinquish my vote to unprincipled strategists. My vote is the only power I have. Those who seek power must earn my respect. I will not vote for a letter and let someone else choose for me. That is the strategy of losers in the long run, even if they win in the short run.