“The path to getting a general election candidate who can win is the only thing we care about.”
Culture, principles, morality, values, and liberty mean nothing if winning is the only thing.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. What passes for "conservative" in some parts of the country would run to the left of the liberals in other parts. That is what happens when values are graded on a curve.
“The path to getting a general election candidate who can win is the only thing we care about.”
Worked great in ‘96, ‘08, and ‘12 didn’t it?
Actually though the problem we had in at least the last 2 was that we had one moderate and multiple conservatives. The establishment all voted for the moderate and we split our votes. We need to do it the other way around next time, even if we have to find and fund a second moderate to run.