[sam_paine]

Ok. I’m eager to see it. Show me an example of anyone crawling out of the woodwork to extoll conservative principles....

Oh that’s right. Bob Barr just hopped up to save the day. Oops. No. He’s talking through Ron Pauls’ stinky socks claiming that isolationist cut-n-run libertarianism is what we need.

We couldn’t win in 1964 when the Young Conservative club was a big power on the Berkley campus.

You show me the upsurge of conservative values in kids that are going to bring us the next Reagan revolution! I’m eager to see them burn their Che Guevera shirts, revolt against Al Gore, etc.

[decal]

“Show me an example of anyone crawling out of the woodwork to extol conservative principles....”

Ronald Reagan made himself the one choice for conservatives in 1980 by running against President Ford in 1976 - luckily, since Pres. Ford was an unelected incumbent, there was no stigma of disloyalty held against him.

That combination won't happen again in a generation - or maybe ever; conservatives had better start getting used to living in the wilderness, because there's no sign of any white knights showing up for the 2012 election, either.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Paul might have been wrong on the war, but he did bring in new voters and bedrock conservative principles into the GOP.

[SoConPubbie]

You show me the upsurge of conservative values in kids that are going to bring us the next Reagan revolution! I’m eager to see them burn their Che Guevera shirts, revolt against Al Gore, etc.

How about you show us all the leading indicators, such as the "upsurge of conservative values in kids" that was present before President Reagan became President?

You want proof that conservatism still sells?

Try the 8 or so out of 11 statewide conservative ballot issues that passed in 2006 even while the GOP was being defeated because they walked away from conservatism.