If this is the case - if the “real, genuine, true-blue conservatives” are that definitive, then why have we been stuck so often with Romney, McCain, Dole, etc. etc.?
I think Romney in 2012 was a result of Democrats crossing over to install the softest target for November, since Baraq was the incumbent and no need for Dems to vote there.
McLame 2008 was just a bizarro outcome, and most of his competitors were libs too.