The problem here is we are letting the establishment Republican party define what a “viable” candidate is - so of course the answer will be the only “viable” candidates are establishment Republicans.
Here is where I am at - I am done voting for “viable” GOP candidates - that is what gave us McCain as Presidential candidate. If they are not a conservative and willing to fight for those values then I dont care if we lose the seat. Let the liberals run the country into the ground and then we can pick up the pieces from there. I would rather rip the band-aid off at this point than to keep slowly pulling it away and losing our souls in the process.
When I say ‘viable’, I am looking at it from my standpoint, that is
A) What is their fundraising ability?
B) Do they have political savvy?
Warner is a very entrenched candidate. He’s more entrenched than Dick Turban in Illinois. Defeating him would be much tougher than knocking off say, Kay Hagan.
I want a strong conservative challenger, but our bench in Virginia overall seems weak.