You are exactly right. Unfortuantley, we have alot of “all or nothing” types around here.
Some of us aren't all or nothing. I would settle for 60-70% of what I want if that's the best I can get, but not for 15-25% which is what I'm being offered by the RINOs who seem most likely to be nominated.
As I see it Thompson barely makes it up to that 60%-70% level, and only Hunter goes most of the way to 100%. But it is becoming increasingly clear that Thompson isn't going to make the cut, and Hunter has never had a ghost of a chance with the current GOP bunch. When you consider that the highest ranking Republican candidates in polls this year are the most liberal and the lowest ranking are the most conservative, it tells you something about the pitiful state of affairs in the Republican party today.
I'm now wondering if the time could be right for a conservative 3rd party that would have influence far beyond it's numerical strength in how Congress acts by holding the balance of power between the two larger parties. That couldn't be much worse than what we have now, and it could be much better IMHO if the conservative party's leadership were savvy politicians and played their cards right.