There are posers on any message. But it would be faulty analysis to claim that many rock solid conservatives aren't aghast at what happened to the budget and debt during majority Republican rule between 2001 and 2007. Look up my body of work on this site. My main goal is to take out socialism, root and branch. What Republican by name is proposing that? Instead, all I hear are minor or half-measures, and a lot of Bears vs. Packers, Red Sox vs. Yankees rah rah political BS masquerading as statesmanship. That's why committed anti-socialists are casting around for anything and anybody at the moment. There are two political alternatives. If the Republicans gain power and govern like 2003 Republicans again (as I expect), the country is in a financial plane crash anyway. I've gotten to the point where where I've accepted my fate, and it doesn't matter whether the pilots are blue or red. We're 600 feet off the ground going nose down.
You don’t have much choice but to oppose all political campaigns who have any chance of winning. I intend to stay within the framework of the Republican party and work to get the best elected officials as possible. You do realize that politicians spend money because the people demand it, right? Maybe you and I don’t but most people expect something from the government. You’ll never elect the person you (and I)truly desire until the electorate is willing to give up their “perks”.
The Tea Party crowd is arguing for that but I’ll bet you a dollar to a doughnut that a tea party acceptable candidate will lose some of them when the candidate announces they want to get rid of perk near and dear to them. Think farm program, social security, mortgage deduction, medicare, medicaid, earned income tax credit, add some of your own, etc. You see, the perfect constitutional candidate would advocate eliminating all of those things. Anyone doing less should be labeled a “progressive” by you all, if consistency means anything.