It's easy to sit here at a computer and say "Cut the budget, cut out all these social programs that don't work," etc. etc. It's difficult to get up there in front of cameras and democrat weepers and explain why these positions are the humane, correct ones for this particular country.
It's so much easier, once one goes to D.C., to buckle, to appear "compassionate", to spend money "helping" people.
To be blunt, we need someone who's a little less pop-star and a lot more intellectual. When someone as smart as Newt Gingrich shakes hands with Bill Clinton and pals around with Hillary, we need someone who has the guts to say "You two are perfect examples of what's wrong with our political class."
We need someone who can explain why conservative principles are the right ones for this country and BELIEVE that.
Yes...no matter how conservative and stalwart our champion is against the pressures to pander, he must also be able to communicate the need to remain true to conservatism.
Liberalism is easy. Conservatism is more nuanced.
I have no doubt Americans would be better off with a truly conservative government, but getting majorities to see the same thing is problematic. This is a generation that wants everything now, and they aren’t willing to forgo immediate gratification for some distant, greater good.
We are reaching the point where people who are dependent on government largess outnumber those who produce. Yes, we can actually kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. We are close to that now.