That's a pure strawman. I know nobody whose "only concern" is electability. But I know an awful lot of people for whom electability is a very important concern, among others. The most perfect credentials in the world are of no value if you don't get elected.
If conservatives cannot sell conservatism to the majority of voters they deserve to lose.
I could care less whether we "deserve" to lose or not. I want to win. The Democrats have done what they have done to this country by running one way, and governing another. And it has worked for them. If having a conservative muzzle a few conservative opinions so as to appeal to more moderates gets him/her elected, and he/she then implements conservative policies, I'm completely fine with that.
Much better to win dirty than lose fair.
Very well made points, especially the second one.
If we can stop eating our own long enough maybe we can actually get an “electable” person to run.
Yo, Chin—I want to win too. But I don’t want to win at any cost. I leave that up to people like you. Be happy with your RINOs. They won’t change as thing.