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> I don't see how standing for principle is “subversive”.

Obviously not all commentary here is "subversive."

There ARE some subversive posters here on FR that are trying to influence the Conservative political process, purely for the benefit of their Liberal political process. I've encountered (and personally exposed) several over the past 10 years as a FReeper; other FReepers have as well.

There's a lot of lurkers here who may not recognize the difference between opinion and propaganda. The subtlest “war bloggers” on the Left try to seem reasonable, pushing specific RINO candidates and incremental acceptance of Moderate ideals. In the end, most often accidentally expose themselves — one's ideology is hard to disguise.

We all have principles we will not compromise on. For many Conservatives, Abortion is one of those principles. If a Conservative absolutely cannot pull the lever for a properly-nominated Republican candidate who approves of first-trimester abortion, then obviously that Conservative must follow his conscience.

Keep in mind, however, that for all of the informed Conservatives who choose not to vote for the RINO running for office in their district, there are throngs of uninformed Democrat voters ready to cancel out those Conservative “no votes,” to sweep in the Democratic Candidate.

The best alternative is to pick the right Conservative candidate to represent the GOP in each contest, BEFORE the GOP Party Primary. For many 2010 races, that process is already well under way.

> Leave? Not necessarily. But a big dose of STFU is in order.

Oh yeah, definitely.

If RINOs and Center-Right Independents haven't gotten the memo, the pendulum is swinging hard to the Right — and fast! It's up to us Conservatives to help educate our RINO brethren to kindly "sit in the passenger seat" and let the Conservatives drive the GOP to victory in 2010 and 2012. On the other hand, we need to work so every RINO incumbent is replaced by a Conservative in 2010! Hopefully all Conservatives will make that happen leading up through the GOP Primaries.

IMO, the plan should be as follow:
1) influence the Primary process to nominate and elect as many Conservatives as possible in BOTH the GOP and the Democratic Party
2) support the GOP candidate in the General Elections in November
3) if the GOP candidate on the ballot is too RINO, consider supporting a strong Conservative candidate as an Independent

Step 3 is tricky, obviously. In NY-23, Doug Hoffman would have won if not for some last minute chicanery by the GOP candidate. With 438 US House, 33 US Senate and thousands of local Races up for grabs in an anti-incumbent election, each race will obviously be different and require good judgment to determine if the RINO candidate can actually be beaten by a Conservative independent candidate.

I would expect Democrats to anonymously finance a slew of Independent Conservatives candidates this year who sadly may have NO CHANCE of winning in purple districts — but WILL peel off a small percentage of Conservative voters — in tight races where RINOs are the GOP candidates. For example, a Libertarian Party candidate running in a Midwest Congressional district, where a RINO candidate is tied with a Moderate Democrat rival, might take just enough votes to allow a Moderate Democrat to win in this election cycle.

The good news is that this works both ways.

For individual Conservatives and Conservative groups who have deep pockets — using Thursday's SCOTUS lifting of campaign donation limits — and adopting a trick from the 2008 Obama donation handbook...

I will tell you how to subvert some close Democratic races in 2010:

Most of us can see that the Democratic Party this year, trying to regain disaffected Independent voters, will push left-Center Moderate candidates. This will upset many die-hard Progressives voters who cannot, for example, support a Democratic candidate who does not support third-trimester abortions.

The reality is that Progressives hate DINOs as much as Conservatives hate RINOs!

Conversely, many Progressive candidates will be left out in the cold, as the Democrats move through their Primaries.

Dozens of anonymous donations from "supportive" Conservative groups totaling $10,000-$20,000, using prepaid Gift Credit Cards through a Progressive candidate's website, would be good seed money to nudge the Progressive candidate to stay in the race, to pursue more donations and votes from halfhearted supporters of his Democratic rival. This is modified version of Rush's Operation Chaos.

It may sound like dirty pool ... but sometimes to kill a Rat, you may have to use more than just cheese.

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