[snoringbear]

Actually, as a "very conservative" conservative, Joe make some sense. Frankly, it seems to me that it may take someone like Hillary winning the whitehouse to reawaken the conservative base and thereby cause them to become proactive again about nominating a "real conservative" ticket. I foresee a three-way split (real conseratives, phoney conservatives/aka moderates, liberals) in the future in which "real conservatives" will represent a sizeable minority in both houses. Thereby, this group will become the swing factor concerning any votes of consequence and will as a result have more power than so called conservatives may have today. A catharsis as such will be good for all I think.

[muawiyah]

If the Dems that we currently have available take over the government for even a day, you'll be seeing the inside of a Gulag long before you ever see Conservatives in power again.

[Dave Olson]

Frankly, it seems to me that it may take someone like Hillary winning the whitehouse to reawaken the conservative base and thereby cause them to become proactive again about nominating a "real conservative" ticket.

I don't buy that for a second. People thought the same thing back in 1992 with Bill Clinton's winning the whitehouse.

[kevao]

Frankly, it seems to me that it may take someone like Hillary winning the whitehouse to reawaken the conservative base and thereby cause them to become proactive again about nominating a "real conservative" ticket.

We might not have had Reagan, were it not for Carter.