With Bennett’s defeat in Utah and the obvious sentiments being expressed by the Tea Party people and many others I expect we are going to see just about every “moderate” Republican (and not a few rats) suddenly lurch to the right. This is fine with me but the obvious downside is that, once elected, they simply go back to business as usual. Conservatives must give as much support as possible to the most conservative candidate but in the event that the “moderate” wins they must then stay on top of that person and hector, complain, kvetch, yell, criticize and generally make life miserable for him/her every time that person votes wrong or “crosses the aisle” in pursuit of some stupid compromise that will further weaken America. And in every election the incumbent should be confronted with opposition from the right just to demonstrate that no one is safe and that they had better damn well fight for this nation and not cave to the leftist rats who have brought it to the brink of destruction.
“With Bennett’s defeat in Utah and the obvious sentiments being expressed by the Tea Party people and many others I expect we are going to see just about every “moderate” Republican (and not a few rats) suddenly lurch to the right. This is fine with me but the obvious downside is that, once elected, they simply go back to business as usual”
Correct ... BUT ... it is better that they pander to conservative voters than take them for granted. The message of Bennett is simple: WE ARE WATCHING WHAT YOU DO. The game of pre-election panders followed by post election let-downs is a ticket to retirement.