Yeah, You're right, it is time to just quit, in California at least, trying to reform the party from within , that is,, time to just let it implode of its own accord.
conservatism will never sell here, in fact, a lot of what we see today isn't really conservatism either anyway, but it sure feels good pretending it is for some here.
the slow drift of the nation to the left continues, what were all of us silly conservatives in California thinking anyway, trying to start the flames of a new movement to lead the nation out of the morass it is sinking into, oh well.
maybe I can take up blogging, no use wasting my time here at FR anymore. Thanks, finally a reason to just moveon. ;-)
You completely misread my point. You have to reform the party from within rather than abandoning it.
That doesn't mean voting only for candidates who represent all of your positions. Those candidates probably can't win a statewide election.
In politics, incremental change is the most effective. California didn't become a liberal state overnight. It won't become a conservative one again overnight, either.