Posted on 09/28/2015 6:27:02 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
The size of the conservative non-voting faction might come as more of a surprise to a few.
First there is the largest group which actually believes the Party Platform, in fact their representatives in the grassroots are the ones who write it. They are pro-life and pro-business and want a smaller government that leaves them the hell alone.
Then there is the smaller group which consider themselves "economic" conservatives who think that the Republican party would be best served if it did not cater to all that "social" stuff.
And then there is the vastly infinitesimal group called the "GOPe" who tend to congregate at the seat of power and wheedle their way into positions of king-making and democrat kiss-@$$ing.
Hewitt is clueless.
Guess I’m a “Buckley Voter”.
NOTHING is beneath ANY Democrat. Sadly, the same holds true of today’s Republicans, with a few exceptions.
“I do not get the Buckley Voters theory if that means Walker and Perry who are both gone. How in the world were they the “can win” candidates?”
The author meant that voters thought that they were conservative and could win the general. Of course, you’re correct that if they couldn’t campaign effectively enough to be in the running for the nomination would not be a good sign that they would campaign effectively in the general.
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