I heard the same nonsense about Duncan Hunter: “not getting traction.” Are you just a follower of the herd? A candidate “gets traction” because we the people have the guts to fight for him. I will fight for Cain, Bachmann, or Palin, but not for anyone else now in the race.
Are you going to sit around and let the Party hacks foist another RINO on us? Will you let RIck Perry’s crony capitalists put him over on us? Or will you fight for a real conservative?
Are you doing anything outside of FR to make sure the party hacks foist a RINO on us?
Nonsense? Duncan Hunter, solid conservative though he was, didn't get traction because ... he wasn't earning it. Politics isn't a Free Republic popularity contest. America is 300+ million strong.
At a certain point, principles have to give way to numerical reality. The reality is that Cain and Bachmann are not going to be President. They don't have the resumes for it. Palin might, if she jumps in. She was a governor.
That's not being a sellout. That's being cognizant of reality. Vote as hardcore right as you can at the local and state levels. For president, it's gotta be for the most rightward electable candidate. There's no such thing as a moral victory in the big leagues.
Cain and Buchannan simply aren't viable candidates. Palin would be. Perry is. Ain't no conspiracy. That's life.