[driftdiver]

Have you ever attended a meeting to help a conservative candidate? I bet not.

You just sit back and whine that others aren’t doing your work well enough. Just like all those other 3rd party losers.

[MortMan]

I’m curious... When does the lack of quality in GOP(e) candidates, the lack of conservatism, become THEIR fault, and not each individual voter’s fault for not towing the party line?

Is there such a stage, in your view?

[ClearCase_guy]

I'm at a disadvantage because I am in MA. I have been involved for years. All I can say is that this has been a struggle not against the Democrats, but against the local party apparatus. Their entire effort seems to be "How can we be more like the Democrats? That's the way to win!"

I've tried to contribute, but they have always made it clear that efforts to push the GOP to the Left are welcome, efforts to push the GOP to the Right are not.

My state is hopeless. Took me years to admit that, but it's just true.

If hope remains in your state, that's fine for you. But I see no reason to have hope in the GOP at the national level. Just like in MA, it's all Ivy League stuff now and that means Conservatism is shunned by the party.