[Dane]

Short term is what President Bush and the GOP were thinking. You are correct--they wanted to win elections

And does one enact policy by staying on the sidelines and being "pure". Or does one have to play the game and take some risks.

[spunkets]

"Or does one have to play the game and take some risks."

The name of the game is now clear. It's called, "Bend Over".

[k2blader]

Some of us disagree on what risks are worth taking and what path to take in pursuit of a goal.

For a while I've thought the GOP could be more willing to educate the public on the conservative ideas the party claims to espouse. We saw it to some extent around the Republican Revolution of 1994.

Why is that not a better alternative to giving in to the "middle" and gradually losing ground on conservative issues?