And tell me, what qualifies flip-flop Mitt as a “wonderful and solid Conservative?”
To be honest, there is no electable candidate possible that meets your criteria as a conservative. The American voting public will not elect a Conservative of that sort, and "that is the name of that tune"....:-)
(Shameless Hollywood TV show quote....)
I wish the so called base would be a bit more pragmatic, but I know this is asking way too much of them. Electability in a National election is going to be very important, as is the electoral college. We must be pragmatic in order to retain the WH. If we are not, we lose it all and another 40 seats to boot.