People who claim to be "the base" never were and never will be. They are the perpetual malcontent who either never vote or always find something wrong with the Republican candidate and vote third party.
Their claims and threats are just to bolster their own egos, trying to make people believe they are relevant.
REAL conservatives are smart enough and understand that the most important thing is to defeat the Democrats.
In CA, 92% of the Republicans voted for Arnold and 5% voted for socialist Angelides. Some Republicans! -- you say.
Wait until I get to the statistics about the "conservatives":
80% of Conservatives voted for Arnold
16% of Conservatives voted for Angelides !!!
Of course anyone actually voting for a leftist socialist Dem is NO conservative, despite their claim.
These are the same "conservatives" who bash Rudy and when the chips are down,not only will they stay home or vote third party, but actually dutufully will turn out and cast a vote FOR Hillary. And they are lecturing us! It would be funny, if the consequences weren't so serious.
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_1106MBS.pdf
Marking your post #365 as one of the most pristine examples of RINO hack hubris I've ever laid eyes on. Congratulations on your creation!
The fancy Madison Avenue designer label isn't convincing enough for most thinking individuals... Myself, I am tired of being sold a pile of dung as mousse cake pate...