When Newt was on C-Span the other day, he said conservatives need to realize that in some districts, there is simply no way a 100%, true-blue conservative can win. He reasoned therefore that the local GOP organizations in such districts will be wise to nominate “moderate” candidates who can actually win.
Fine. Not an unreasonable conclusion IMHO.
But Dede is clearly no moderate. She’s a flaming liberal, who appears seriously out of tune with the deeply conservative nature of her district.
I believe it will be best that the voters in NY-23 elect a Dhimmi this time, somebody who probably can easily be outsted by a revived GOP in 2010, rather than install a leftist GOP candidate like Dede who — given the powers of incumbency — might hold the seat for years.
How does Newt think the left does it, taking more districts all the time? It's my take that they do it by selling their ideas. Why can't we do the same Newt?
Conservatism's tenets are solid. Ronald Reagan took many districts that had formerly been Democrat. He did it by selling people his vision, not by adopting theirs.
We WILL NEVER increase our numbers by failing to explain what Conservatism is to people who didn't know.
Newt's and the Republican leadership vision is the complete destruction of Conservatism over time, as one district to the next has Conservatism's light turned off, to win.
Well, this Conservative isn't buying what they are selling.