I guess if you can accept or better yet sell prochoice/proabortion, pro gun control candidates , members of the gang of 14 as being on the conservative side of the spectrum.. but they are not,, oh well more power to ya , no pun intended. ;-)
The nation is battling a liberal infestation in the GOP from sea to shining sea... and as the invasion of our borders, so to , this invasion is not getting a lot of attention, in fact seems to be sanctioned and encouraged, including more than a few here. (Maybe we should change the mission statement of FR, just take conservative off and use words like diversity and inclusive and waa laaa , you'll have what the New Majority movement is all about.)
We're sure seeing the way it works here in California and the US Senate the last few years,, and it ain't cheap no matter how much it claims to be for lower taxes and less globalmint.
The more I see of the likes of Coleman and Specter specifically, I do question at what cost and to what ends the GOP is willing to go .. and whether the big tent is all its cracked up to be by some here.
We may well reap the whirlwind of a moderate crop of lemons this year and in '08.. here's hoping its not a bumper crop and some real conservatives make it thru the gauntlet.
Chafee, Collins and Graham also seem like examples of something, not sure quite what tho.
So it is you who are peddling the "purity" notion, and perfection is the enemy of the good. I won't hesitate, when strategically feasible to vote against a RINO, and I don't plan to vote for DeWine in the fall. But that could change if the Senate is in jeopardy.
We should all live by the dean of conservatism's advice (that would be William F. Buckley, Jr.): "I plan to vote for the most conservative candididate who is electable."