[annalex]

Implicit in your graphical comment is the notion that religious conservatives are cranky babies that should be plugged with pacifiers. That insulting notion indeed exists in the Republican party. The truth is that while a baby depends on the parent throughout, the conservatives depend on the GOP only as long as the GOP delivers real food. But the GOP depends on the conservatives if it wants to win elections. Next time you feel the urge to display arrogance, reflect on where the GOP derives its power.

[Tamzee]

There is quite a bit that could be gleaned from my graphic other than that narrow and nuanced interpretation you prefer. Conservatives are just as reliant on the GOP to see that our agenda get some legs at all and I'm sick of other conservatives throwing a wrench into the works because they refuse to understand we are a MINORITY. We make up LESS THAN HALF of the electorate and as such we need to work with moderates and accept that we won't get everything we want. Thank GOD the Greens are a minority and can't get everything they want... it works the same with us, unfortunately, until we educate enough of the public to BECOME a majority.

We're damn lucky to have Santorum, we certainly aren't automatically entitled to him given how we are outnumbered by the liberals and moderates in Pennsylvania. Moderates helped us put him in office and we need to continue to stick together on both conservative and centrist Repubicans.