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I think what will happen is that we will spend some time, perhaps a decade in the wilderness, and this will be our punishment for buying into the argument about nominating “electable” candidates rather than sticking to principles. The great conservative House of 1994 started acting like nothing more than hawkish pork barrel democrats with a share of scandals thrown in. We never won the senate and we allowed the Arlen Spectors of the world to defeat the likes of Pat Toomey. Politicians like McCain have not had any compunctions about claiming to be conservatives while governing as liberals. Mainstream America is now very confused about what a conservative is, and it’s our fault. (President Bush and his deals with Ted Kennedy didn’t help any.) Supporting McCain merely precludes us from being able to run an effective opposition against the socialists from within a major party.

So what should we do? Stick to first principles, educate the next generation, and throw rocks from outside and inside if we need to while making the case for the same policies successfully advanced by Reagan. Americans will ultimately recognize sincerity and a clear vision. So far in the last decade we have given them insincerity and inconsistency.

And remember, any time someone from inside to GOP uses the “electable” argument, whether at the local, state or national level, that is the first clue that they are 1) not conservatives and 2) liars to boot! Always remember that Reagan was “unelectable”.

I’ll be at CPAC next week, and both McCain and Romney, as well as President Bush (his first time) and VP Cheney (his third or fourth time) will be there. It will be very interesting to see what the pulse is.