[mrsmel]

It’s to the point that I’m wondering if certain individuals in the Republican leadership have made deals with the left, for personal gain, because nothing else explains this blind stubbornness and refusal to see that they are rapidly losing the support of the conservative base, and they don’t have a realistic chance in hell of gaining ‘rat voters by trying to be the “rat-lite” party.

[goldstategop]

They won't get those jackalopes. Moving Left only leads to the GOP's base deserting it in droves and the jacklaopes will vote for the party that reflects their liberalism best - the Democrats. The problem is we don't have a real conservative party in this country.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[wolfpat]

I’ve often wondered that too. But a friend of mine used to say, “Never attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by stupidity”

[exist]

I would say you’re crazy, but sometimes, their decisions are so illogical, so detrimental to the cause that I can’t dismiss your theory out of hand.