[Maneesh]

I agree. A RINO candidate suppresses the Republican vote and the moderates tend to go with the flow if they do not see a real difference in ideologies. Most people that work for a living and have a family to support in MA are conservatives but they do not see a choice at the polls and have checked out of politics.

The other issue is that at the national level, Republicans can no longer hold the mantle of limited government which would actually attract a lot of fiscal conservatives to our party. What they say and what they do are so different on the spendikng issue that it dilutes their credibility on every other issue.

[fieldmarshaldj]

It is possible to run against the President and Congress and still be a Conservative. Issues such as spending, illegals, etc. He can give a more definitive response on Iraq along these lines, “Nobody wants to go to war. But the question is whether we fight international terrorism there... or withdraw and prepare to fight it here in the streets of Lowell and Lawrence. Which would you folks prefer ?”