[raybbr]

Kinda hard to run a presidential race if you already know from the get-go that you don't stand a chance in California, Texas, etc...

Agreed... sort of. What if we had a true conservative candidate who took a stand. Wouldn't the middle states be able to carry him past Cal. and TX?

Imagine what the next Republican candidate is going to have to promise the hispanics in order to carry those states? It's frightening. Pandora's box (of amnesty for illegals) has been opened and Bush will now fully release the evils within.

[nyconse]

We lost big in the middle states. What makes you think a conservative can carry the middle states?