I’m certainly not going to call Marco Rubio a RINO. The Heritage Foundation’s Action Scorecard has Rubio at a 90% rating for his record of conservative legislation, which is one of the highest scores among all senators. No question, the GOP establishment has organized a rallying cry around every influential conservative member in Washington over the past couple of weeks by begging them to publicly endorse Romney “for the sake of party unity” to get conservative voters to coalesce behind him, or else they believe he will be an increasingly damaged candidate the longer the race goes on.
Nonetheless, I continue to become increasingly frustrated and more resentful at this pathetic excuse for a Republican party and it just goes to show we still have a LONG way to go to get rid of the GOP establishment.
Yes, but the GOP establishment has just about purged the party of real conservatives, who are badly outnumbered. The country is just too liberal to consider conservatism: that's what Nixon thought as early as 1960.
“No question, the GOP establishment has organized a rallying cry around every influential conservative member in Washington over the past couple of weeks by begging them to publicly endorse Romney”
I think you mean twisting their arms. The establishment only asks nicely when dealing with their fellow crooks.
But even with sellouts coming out of the woodwork, there are a few bright spots. Pat Toomey, for all his other mistakes, has made it clear that he’s not going to endorse Romney. Yes, he recites some of their talking points, but he’s strong enough to avoid giving them the ultimate satisfaction.