[mojito]

Let the facts speak for themselves.

h/t Vanderleun.

[musicman]

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[Jack Hydrazine]

The GOP at its heart is collectivist just like the Dems. See my tag line.

[zeestephen]

Thanks, great post.

Great history lesson, too.

I actively worked in the 1964 Goldwater campaign, but I had completely forgotten about Rockefeller's Convention speech.

One more comment on Conservative betrayal by a chief of staff.....

Marco Rubio called for vigorous enforcement of current immigration laws when he ran for the Senate in 2010.

Then, just weeks after Rubio was elected, he hired a former immigration lawyer and Amnesty advocate to be his own chief of staff!

[cripplecreek]

There's a long history.

[detective]

My feeling is the Republican establishment wanted to teach conservatives a lesson in Virginia. They have been attacking Senator Cruz and others as extremists. They wanted to show conservatives that they have no role in the Republican Party except to contribute money and shut up. They deliberately sabotaged Cuccinelli’s campaign.

[cotton1706]

We’re just making a list of those to remove. If we don’t get them this time, we’ll get them next time. Especially the senators. The Senate is not the fun place it used to be, where everything was done by unanimous consent and nobody was held accountable. Olympia Snowe is a good example. She liked being in the club but when it turned into (gasp!) a contentious legislative body, she wanted out (and if she didn’t remove herself, she would have been removed).

Senators are becoming more and more frustrated and more and more miserable which will mean more and more will likely retire. Because most of the old-timey guys and gals are gone. As of January 2015, there will have been 63 new senators since January 2007. That’s obviously 63%. And it may be higher if incumbents like Graham, McConnell, Cornyn, Graham, Landrieu, Cochran, etc. are replaced.

[ZULU]

If you can't take over an existing political party, HOW the HELL are you going to start a NEW one?

I repeat:

Get together, and run for local and county Republican COMMITTEE seats. Many of them go unfilled, they are low level, but they have a LOT of power. County Committee people elect the County Republican Chairmen. County Chairmen control policy and advance candidates for elective office.

Start also with local council seats and mayoral slots. These are brooderies for candidates for higher office.

REFUSE to contribute to the GOP. But DO contribute to INDIVIDUAL conservative Republicans.

[Lake Living]

As always, excellent post by Jeffery Lord.
This should be required reading for all conservatives.
I hope the fight now will remain out in the open - cockroaches hate the light.