[xzins]

I don't mean to say that the party feels contempt for me personally -- though that certainly may be the case in some quarters -- I mean to say that it feels contempt for people like me. Namely, the conservatives who have put it in power. We have been used, abused and shown the door. The things we believe in, the things the Republicans promised us, have been thrown on the ground and trampled under foot.

I think the party has served up the most important issue to its social conservatives: constitutionalist judges. It is the major issue and will continue to be so for years.

Even the WOT is secondary because the radical judges are seeking control of a president's war-fighting power.

Judges, judges, judges....if conservatives can't see that, then there's no hope for them.

The loss of even one Senate seat is a tragedy. The loss of the 2008 nomination to a liberal rino republican is a tragedy, because everything is about the judges.

The WOT is second place.

A totally sealed off border is part of the WOT. I guarantee you, though, that JUDGES will get involved in that, too.

The budget is 3rd place.

We MUST reduce some of the entitlement expense that this budget is forced to pay. But JUDGES will get involved in that. Social Security Reform......JUDGES.

[ClaireSolt]

To my mind, conservatives who talk and act this way are as unrealistic and obnoxious as the radical left. They are not a majority, but they like to kick and scream and act like they are. If you want a more conservative government then you need to convince more people to elect conservatives, not get mad at Republicans.