[exist]

Wow a conservative speaks her mind, gets abandoned by her party— wins anyway.

Something to think about.

[MissouriConservative]

“Wow a conservative speaks her mind, gets abandoned by her party— wins anyway.”

Same thing happened here in Missouri. Sarah Steelman was the true Conservative candidate but lost in the primary. Why? The GOP establishment wanted to go with a Washington DC hack. And guess what? The hack lost and Missouri now has a dem governor.

[cherry]

yes, we will have to rethink how we give to the national campaigns in the future...this time we had no choice....since we couldn't give directly to McCain due to public financing....

come January....and if we assume we will ever have elections again....we should start giving a little money to candidates such as Bachmann....and then keep giving a little here and there...

I think the war chest of a sitting candidate scares off a lot of contenders....