[ovrtaxt]

That's pretty much my conclusion. I don't have some naive view of political parties as agents of winning ideological battles for the good of the country, just agents of winning elections. If it's viewed in that context, it's simple logic.

The problem comes when we actually believe that a party exists for anything more than that.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yeah. I confess that I've played the sucker in the past by believing it was about more than that. At least I'm learning. Still, conservatives need a real plan in spite of this truth. Minus the prinicples, I'm uninterested. My only plan then is a sort of duck and cover plan. Not too great.