It was McCain's turn. The Republicans have a long history of nominating "the next guy in line". Nixon, Ford, GHW Bush, Dole and McCain are all examples. The Republican establishment doesn't want a Conservative at the top. The only real stand out in the past 40 years is Ronald Reagan. The country clubbers couldn't stop him, but they sure tried, didn't they?
What do you think of my idea that we as conservatives need to come together as a large voting block behind a SINGLE conservative early on.
It's my contention we always split our vote among several conservative candidates and that allows the establishment RINO a path to victory with a plurality of the vote.
I have been trying to analyze how we can finally get a conservative nominee, as time after time the establishment RINO seems to win.
The only problem is (as evidenced here on FR) how can we get everyone to agree early on one candidate? Everyone sees their vote as a personal statement of their values and no one is interested in any type of pragmatism.
I think as conservatives, we are very strong in our beliefs and rightly see compromise as a bad thing.
But seriously, wouldn't Sarah, or Barbour, or Pence, or some other conservative(although perhaps NOT your favorite of the group) be better than Mittens?
I believe our only hope this time is Sarah Palin. I know there are some on here who feel otherwise. And that's the problem. How do we come together?
RE: But seriously, wouldn’t Sarah, or Barbour, or Pence, or some other conservative(although perhaps NOT your favorite of the group) be better than Mittens?
Hmmm... Haley Barbour, now that’s a name that hasn’t been thrown into the ring yet. I’d like to look at the man more closely. Looks like someone with the executive experience and conservative credentials we need.