Why hasn’t the Republican party coalesced around a conservative candidate for president?
Wrong. He has done exactly that many times. The last time I heard him address exactly your concerns was Friday, January 4th. He opened the show with it. I remember it because I was on my way to hunting camp. I'll give you the short and sweet of his answer: "In presidential elections, conservatism works every time it's tried." I'm pretty sure those are exactly his words.
Don't blame Rush for the lack of conservatism in the current batch of candidates. The fact that they're running on populism instead of conservatism isn't his fault. He can lead the horses to water, but he can't make them drink.
I’m not blaming Rush at all!
Yes, I also have heard him say many times that “conservatism wins every time it’s tried.”
But my question is, if there are so many conservatives out there, why hasn’t a conservative candidate emerged? (By that I mean, made it into the top tier.)
There ARE conservative candidates out there-—Fred and Duncan, for example. Even if they are not everyone’s cup of tea, from a conservative point of view, I’d think that they’d be viewed as miles better than our present “top-tier.”
So why are they basically not registering at all? See, I honestly believe that Rush is right that “conservatism wins every time it’s tried.” I honestly believe that Rush is right that there are loads of conservatives out there. So, my question is, why aren’t they supporting the more conservative candidates?
If it’s because they think those candidates can’t win, then they don’t really agree that “conservatism wins every time it’s tried.” Or if it’s because they’re not really THAT conservative, then is it true that “conservatism wins every time it’s tried”?
What I’m saying is where/why is there a disconnect here? If enough people want something-—such as red sneakers-—before too long the stores will be stocked with red sneakers. Same in politics, don’t you think? If enough people want a conservative candidate, it seems to me Fred and Duncan Hunter would not be so far behind. They would emerge in the same way Obama emerged out of nowhere-—because they fit the bill (or fit the bill better than others) for conservatives.
I guess just don’t know what to make of this. Because, again, I do agree wholeheartedly with Rush on this. But I don’t know why, then, the what-should-be-the natural result of all this existing conservatism out there hasn’t occurred.