[Obie Wan]

they are all not “the front runners”,

No question the most conservative candidates are NOT RNC “superstars”! The RNC’s job is to win elections. If they could find someone who happens to BE conservative AND an electable candidate ala Ronald Reagan all the better.However winning an election trumps conservatism.You doubt it check out people like Arlin Spector and John McCain !!!

[Man50D]

However winning an election trumps conservatism.You doubt it check out people like Arlin Spector and John McCain !!!

Exactly! That is the prevailing attitude among Republicans. To heck with core conservative principles. We are willing to sacrifice those values and abandon conservatives by replacing it with more Socialistic values just so long as we win! The result is we have essentially a one party system. Conservatives in the GOP will only be able to have their values represented by leaving the party and uniting with the large number of unaffiliated Conservatives.