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I still have not seen a conservative win over a RINO in the primaries to date, although I may have missed some Congressional primaries.

When have they been allowed? Are you unfamiliar with the Toomey debacle in Pennsylvania?

I am familiar with Toomey. I live in Wisconsin and the RNC managed to sandbag Tim Michels. They tell me they aren't behind Scott Walker's withdrawal, but I think the party managed to shut off his funds thinking Green "had a better chance" (this is a Governor's race for the out-of-staters).

The conservatives do not control the party. Want conservatives? The younger ones need to get into the party apparatus, start at the bottom as county chairs/staff, and work their way up to the decision-making levels.

As it stands now, the decisions are bottom-line calculations of who can win, giving us control of chairmanships and the agenda. You are right: conservative candidates, outside of a few Congressional Districts, either do not run or are not supported by the party in the primaries. Like it or not, grassroots rebellions have not worked to date. They do not work in the House, Senate or the Presidential elections. They only occasionally work in gubernatorial elections.

We are no different from the donks in that regard: we run who can win and winners must draw from the middle. Change the constituency of the middle and you will see a change in candidates and in winners.