The author says,
The cold, hard numbers are there, plain as day, whether anyone likes them or not.
If the numbers are so plain to see why does'nt the author cite a single one of them?
The Rinos are trying to stampede the party into a party of pastel colors, a party of mush, which has little appeal to conservatives even if we, by surrendering so many principles, could conceivably find a way to political power by relinquishing what we believe.
Conversely, we conservatives are trying to have our way without properly making the case. Let us face it, Karl Rove is collecting data which he is massaging to approximate the answers he wants. What organization do we have polling on our side? Where is our data? How can we go to Republican fat cats, or even libertarian fatcats like the Kohl Brothers and solicit their money if we cannot show them numbers, graphs, PowerPoint presentations, at least some evidence that a conservative message can somehow prevail?
I know we can make a lot of arguments without the data, we can say that Obama's two elections were aberrations because of his race. We can say that our candidates Dole, and McCain were inept, we can say that our candidates McCain and Romney flatly refused to wage campaigns against the character of Barack Obama because of his race. I may believe these things to be true, but why should any donor believe them enough to part with his money? Where is my evidence?
Karl Rove will point to the last senatorial elections and say it is the Tea Parties' fault. We will point to the last senatorial election and say it was Carl Rove's fault and we will have advanced the argument for neither side any further than finger-pointing will get us. Organization will trump finger-pointing every day.
We do not have the structure, the coordination, the money, to accumulate the data which even now the Republican national committee and Karl Rove are assembling to support their arguments.
Where is the Heritage Foundation when we need it?
