I agree. I guess one question is “What is the base?”. I don’t really know. The viability of the Republican party is, in my view, contingent upon answering that question and finding the common thread that unites. Clearly not all Republicans and not all conservatives have the same religious views, so specific details about one group’s religious convictions can’t be that point of unity. More general convictions like belief in self-determination, personal responsibility, the sanctity of life, commitment to providing the most nurturing environment for children, keeping America strong in the world, effort and merit-based achievement vs. socialism, etc. are more likely to be shared views and thus points of unity. What do we all agree on? Does anyone know?
McCain Sucks! maybe less than the dims, but he still sucks. So does this primary process. This cycle is the first exercise of the mechanics in my voting lifetime (when we don't have a pre-ordained successor candidate) of the primary process, and it's totally broke. The fact that 4% of the population can deselect half of our candidates is unbelievable ( and those states are mostly blue states, they're not gonna vote red anyway...). We need to rebuild.