Absolutely not. and if people stopped living in fear in the primaries and castigating conservatism and conservatism (that is not the libertarian population) the Republicans are done.
The cowards need to elect a conservative and stop the endless whining “he is the only guy who can win” BS.
A good op-ed on Tuesdays outcome and the GOP.
Deja Vu All Over Again- Another “can’t lose” moderate...loses
“...Lord insists we need more “New Reagans” — people of all backgrounds, all races, all religions — who are well-versed in conservatism.
And where did Marco Rubio, now hailed by the Republican establishment as a 2016 favorite, come from? Not from the RINO establishment. It backed Charlie “Tan-in-a-Can” Crist and fought Rubio tooth and nail. It was the Tea Party and Constitutional Conservative movement that gave birth to Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, etc.
There are flawed candidates, to be sure, among those backed by the conservative wing of the Republican Party. RINOs point to Sharon Angle and Richard Mourdock, for example, forgetting that no one wins 100 percent of their slate. Until the afternoon of election day, when the unions started busing in voters from places unknown, Angle was in fact leading Harry Reid handily.
And one inappropriate and/or misconstrued remark by Mourdock (and a crackpot third-party candidate) helped cook his campaign.
It’s not the conservatives who need to go away. It’s the RINO establishment that should make themselves scarce. Once again, a mushy centrist — who supposedly would appeal to wide swaths of the electorate — lost in a race that should have been a slamdunk.
And in this existential showdown between liberty and tyranny, Mitt Romney could not even attract the same number of voters as... John McCain. Constitutional conservatives, Tea Party conservatives, and fiscal conservatives don’t need to retreat. The RINO country club set needs to cede control to the true heart of the party. And if they refuse to cede power, we will defeat them as we have time and time again.”
Article link: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/11/deja-vu-all-over-again-another-cant.html
Also remember how “unifying” the RINO country club set were in Indiana when Lugar lost in the primaries. Due to Lugar’s childish ego centric attacks on Mourdock, the GOP lost what should have been a win.
Lugar to me exemplifies why as the above op-ed states the RINO’s need to retire to the pasture. But they won’t. They, like many career politicians, are corrupted by power and only give lip service to love of country.
In closing I was chatting with a friend and she stated that Palin/Rubio would have beaten BHO, even when one includes the suspicious voting that we are witnessing post-election.