[martinidon]

you will not elect a strong Conservative to a dem district like this. If Scott Brown was a strong Conservative he would not have won the Mass seat. We will have to accept RINO’s in some parts of the country.

[hummingbird]

Yes, martinidon, that does make sense

I shall sign off as GRASSHOPPER.

That's what I have to do when I get an education - Freeper Style!

Thanks!

[easternsky]

Thats what they told us in California and look where RINO’s got us. When the Party shoves them down your throat like McCain you get pretty gun shy. (no pun intended)

[BillyBoy]

Djou won because the 60% Democrat majority in that district split their vote between two RATs, NOT because he was an “electable” RINO. Any Republican would have won in those circumstances. The Dems pull it off all the time when the Republican vote is split and they take over a majority GOP district (see the ‘94 Alaska Gubernatorial Election, 2009 special election for where a bunch of Republicans foolishly early voted for Dede ... add her 6% of the vote to Doug Hoffman's numbers and he wins, etc.)

If the Dems followed your logic that they “can't win” certain parts of the country without DINOs , they would have never gotten socialists like Kathleen Selibus elected in Kansas or Kent Conrad in North Dakota because they would have decided a that a pro-life, pro-gun, pro-WOT, small government DINO who constantly praised Dick Cheney was “the best they could get” due to those states being overwhelmingly Republican.

I'm not sure if Djou truly is a a RINO, as some are claiming — I haven't studied his positions closely enough. But I am tired of this defeatist attitude from conservatives that we “have to” run Democrat clones with an “R” next to name in majority Dem states. I do not look forward to having a bunch of new Linc Chafees and Arlen Specters on “our side” in the next Congress.

[freekitty]

The problem is they are lying. They campaign like they are conservatives. Just how the heck are we suppose to win when we keep being handed RINOS?

Did you not notice this when McCain was shoved down your throat? You should be madder than heck.