[brownsfan]

“Oh yes they can, and will continue to do so........”

Agreed.

But the author makes a point I’ve been saying for some time now. The GOP establishment has zero interest in stopping Obamacare or shrinking government. They are positioning themselves to be European style “conservatives”. That is to say, they’ll promise to run big government more efficiently.

Now is the time for insurgence in the GOP. The “extremists” need to take over, even if it takes a bloody battle.

[ClearCase_guy]

My position is firm: If the GOP runs a candidate who is truly Conservative in both fiscal and social matters, then (of course) I will vote for that candidate.

But I suspect that the GOP will not do that. They will push a Big Government fan who promises to be wonky and efficient. I will not vote for that person.

The GOP will not change until the base refuses to go along with whoever is "better than the alternative". If the GOP presidential candidate in 2016 were to get half the votes that Romney got, perhaps it would wake the party up. If I had to guess, I would predict that I will not vote in 2016 -- first time since 1978. I will no longer vote for a Liberal, and that's probably what the GOP will ask me to do. No sale.

[Oatka]

But the author makes a point I’ve been saying for some time now. The GOP establishment has zero interest in stopping Obamacare or shrinking government. They are positioning themselves to be European style “conservatives”. That is to say, they’ll promise to run big government more efficiently.

Mark Steyn said the same thing a while back and he has yet to be disproven. Sounds like the author feels the Republicans need to be nudged along in that direction - they don't. Thus the drift Leftward continues.