[Carry_Okie]

No, we should nominate our own candidates and force the "moderates" into a hard choice.

The key to that is to give up on nominating candidates upon the basis of "He can win" or "Electable Republican." It is to have no faith in our own principles.

[okie01]

No, we should nominate our own candidates and force the "moderates" into a hard choice.

In order to nominate our own candidates, we must first a.) close our primaries to non-Republican voters and b.) get rid of the "winner take all" rules that are inappropriate for primaries with more than two legitimate candidates.

Unfortunately, I don't detect any movement to correct either aspect of our primary system.

[Irish Eyes]

Having the states to implement CLOSED primaries only, would make a huge difference. Until this is done we have a huge disadvantage.

[Moseley]

Yes. Ultimately, none of this can work as long as liberals maintain air superiority. That's another topic outside the scope of this post, but still necessary. As long as the Liberal Luftwaffe maintains control of the skies (air waves conservatives cannot get organized and mass for an effective attack. We are trying to mount a winning campaign while being constantly strafed, bombed, harassed, and scattered by the Liberal Luftwaffe.

Fox News and talk radio are vital... but not nearly enough. That job is only half completed.