The primaries will decide the candidates that will populate the ballot. The "vote republican clique" abandoned conservative principles long ago.
Work within the primaries to help your candidate who exhibits the values and leadership you want as President.
The problem with "use the primaries" is that if all the money gets vaccuumed up by Rudy-McCain NOW, then the true conservative(s) are going to have an incredibly difficult time getting $ and air time.
No $, no media = big problems.
So the primaries, which are an extension of the will of the people, are really to be decided now, by us.
Let's remove $ and airtime from Rudyjohn, and give it to Tancredo, Brownback, Santorum, Pence.