I think it’s probably worth paying that price if we can get people acting like true activists. Conservatives have paid a price for being inattentive to candidate recruitment and what’s actually going on at the county committee level. In effect, we allowed the unchecked rise of machine operators like Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, and John Doolittle who sacrificed conservative principle for back-scratching enrichment. He's right about this. Run for an office and encourage good local conservatives to do the same. Every real candidate drains the "opposition," whether liberal Republicans or Dems, of resources to fight for that seat, whether you win or lose.