[Howlin]

What will you have to promise to the myraid special interest groups in order to make up the difference?

We have to be PRAGMATIC and COMPROMISE.

Something you tunnel vision people haven't realized yet is required to get yourself in a position to actually DO something.

[raybbr]

Something you tunnel vision people haven't realized yet is required to get yourself in a position to actually DO something.

Guffaw! Guffaw!

Like what? Increase the federal budget in record numbers? Allow an opponent to write the education bill? Allow millions of illegals to stay? Tacitly invite millions more illegals with the promise of amnesty? Appoint moderate conservatives to the Supreme Court?

Yes, he's doing something all right!

[Dead Corpse]

The GOP has been so "pragmatic" and they have "compromised" so much that they have finally made "conservatism" equal the "liberalism" of 1962. They have compromised "small government" into the most massive increase in government ever.

Tunnel vision? Better than losing sight of the goal. Better than "compromising" on principle to gain an office and then turning on your base. What good is it electing a Republican if they aren't going to be a CONSERVATIVE? If we want liberals, we'd just vote Democrat.

[for-q-clinton]

Something you tunnel vision people haven't realized yet is required to get yourself in a position to actually DO something.

Really, I thought one of the biggest conservative points was less spending smaller gov't. Where do we compromise to get one of our biggest points enacted?

Or by compromise do you mean sell out and become a moderate democrat.

We can win just like the democrats are "winning". If we ran hard to the right, sure we may not win all elections, but those that were elected could tie up gov't and force less spending and get no new garbage laws passed (like federalizing disaster response). So our principles will actually win, not our politicians.