I’d like to say that your suggestion would work, but there just isn’t any evidence that it would. The conservative base has fought for years to get McCain to listen (on McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, etc.) and instead, he just mocks us and extends his middle finger. Why should we back him now? I know, I know, we’re trying to beat Hillary. Blah, blah, blah. Meanwhile, the GOP keep shifting further away from its core values. Sorry, but I’m tired of it.
Im still trying to figure out who? Who is this Conservative Base? I Just retired from the Military and for the life of me its discouraging to find so much pessimism and grief over the potential nomination of John McCain. I know my voice is no more valid for service, but its dishearten to hear so much vinegar over this. Mitt is just more unknown in his views and frankly a recent convert to many conservative principles. I don’t really see the difference between the two on most issues. In my opinion McCain is on the wrong side of immigration, global warming the Bush tax cuts and McCain Fiengold, but he is still a better candidate than Hillary. The party was fractured for many reasons in 2006. The Iraq War, suspect supreme court nominations etc. Would it have been better in the long run to have Al Gore or Kerry in the White House rather than Bush?, I don’t think so. I stuck with you guys and America for the last 22 years of Military Service, I know many of you have served and now is not the time to throw in the towel. The Republican Party has to be Rebuilt from the ground up, not the top down. Get out there and rustle up good principled conservative candidates for congress and the senate. Work to get conservative Mayors and City councils. The Republicans stormed in during the 1994 revolution. They quickly quit working hard to provide a feeder system to the congress and governorships, they became complacent. The Republican Party didn’t fail you, you failed them by becoming satisfied. Most conservatives just stopped doing the very things that helped to propel conservatives to power. You can blame the moderates and the Rockefeller’s and whom ever else you want, you should really just cowboy up and take responsibility for abandoning your posts.