Those are wonderful sentiments but altruism rarely wins in politics. Reagan was one of a kind which will never come along again. Politics is typically a bloodsport and the stakes are too high in 2008 to back down. There is a communist running and she will do what it takes to attain power.
nobody is talking about backing down but we need to be motivated by a good spirit and in that there is a great strength to fight the good fight. Bloodsport? Maybe that’s the way the left looks at it but not conservatives.