All so called moderate GOP congress critters voted against Obamacare. That is enough for me. My main point is I prefer “politically savvy” candidates who can win. It does not matter who supported them, the Tea Party or GOPe or Koch Brothers. On extremely critical issues such as wealth re-distribution and socialized healthcare, I prefer republicans of all stripes over any current democrats.
Cruz is da man.
Conservatives need to stop supporting RINO’s. They refuse to come out and support conservatives and we should return the favor.
Maybe you have missed that there is a civil war within the party, the GOPe is doing its level best to boot out conservatives, and those who win primaries are going to be on their own.
Politically savvy is a great term to use. We need candidates with strong communication skills and discipline. Those we’ve lost showed they lacked the discipline to get through the multiple land mines during the general elections. Message discipline is a must have for any of our candidates, regardless of their origins.
I differ a little bit in who not caring who supported our candidates just to get Rs elected. We have to select our best candidates and ones that will deliver in office. Not caring at all what happens after the election has been very costly to our side...abundantly apparent in since 2000. We need to vet and weed out those who will not wilt under the pressures of the party and the Washington environment. No, we can’t treat every race the same or get all perfect conservatives, but we have to weed out those that are hurting the conservative movement while in office.
We have to look at each race individually and make decisions based on the race, the opponent, the district, etc. I will gladly forgo some races in states in the NE where we get wolves in sheep’s clothing and focus on getting strong conservatives in deep red states. I have supported more get along candidates when it meant a higher chance of unseating a Democrat (like I did in my district where there were stronger, more independent conservatives that may or may not have been able to unseat the Dem). What I won’t buy into is that by design a moderate candidate is somehow more electible in most races or more likely to win. The facts don’t bare that out. I also reject the constant attacks on a select few grassroots candidates while ignoring a terrible track record the past 10 years on ‘party preferred’ candidates.