[C. Edmund Wright]

My fellow AT writer makes a good point.

[BelegStrongbow]

I’m wondering if the general negative response to the Republican candidates from people on the right is a growing disinclination to believe anything anyone in the political arena is saying if it appears to require that person to make any kind of sacrifice or attempt any hard work in implementing reform.

I’m thinking many (including myself) are coming to the conclusion that the power is what is being grasped and if the effort to do what was promised turns out to be tough, then the politico will simply give over and allow the nationalizing process to continue.

That is, are the candidates all really statists when it comes to actual performance, no matter how populist or constitutional they try to seem when marketing themselves?

[skeeter]

Conservatives would be well-advised to make the case for their candidate in this primary and promote said candidate vigorously, while keeping in perspective what even the president himself understands: that all six of the individuals on the recent Republican debate stage represent a fundamental shift in philosophy from the current occupant of the White House.

There are many here who do not yet grasp this fact. They had better, and quickly.

[aruanan]

What Obama Grasps, and Glenn Beck Doesn't

I think we know the answer to that.

[Still Thinking]

"It doesn't really matter who the nominee is gonna be," he said. "The core philosophy that they're expressing is the same. And the contrast in visions between where I want to take the country and what -- where they say they want to take the country is gonna be stark."

I'd say The Won's MOSTLY right here. There is a significantly greater difference between him and any of the candidates than between the candidates. But some of the candidates are still considerably more conservative (and more consistent) than others.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”While I was obsessing over the trivial differences in style or the substantive conflicts of specific policy between the candidates, my wife was looking at the big picture — each of those Republican candidates represented a marked departure from the Obama regime. And dare I say she is much more reflective of the hundreds of millions of eligible voters who will head to the polls next year?”

Of course they are representing themselves that way. This is a Republican primary. That doesn't mean that those differences will last through a general election or a actual administration. That is what some of us are trying to figure out: what will they really do once the primary fire is off their feet?

Once you put the wrong Republican in the POTUS office all the options are bad. It's not like we can just vote Democrat to fix it. And that person will get congressional Republicans to vote for things they never would if there was a Democrat POTUS.

[Neoliberalnot]

Yep, bo wants a tribal dictatorship and the productive part of society wants freedom from an oppressive mongrel. Beck merely wants even more individual freedom—I like most of what he has to say. Its us against bo and his parasites.

[runninglips]

A quote from Rush Limbaugh, circa 1999. "When Republicans control the House, Senate and the White House, and still the size of government is not rolled back, then I will support a different way, a third party".

I write that to remind people that voting for Republicans has not changed the course of this nation on iota. You do know what an iota is don't you? It is a word representing something very small, like the dot at the end of a sentence. Republicans sell us a "better toothpaste" to prevent national decay, but it has only slightly less sugar in it than the Democrat toothpaste, but with less flavor. People find out that both brands cause decay, they go for the one with the better taste. Every year Republicans add a little more sugar to the mix, and try and win over new voters. The thing is, America has dentures now, and we don't need no stinkin' toothpaste. What we need, people are promising, but never delivering.

I will vote for whomever I feel will take America back to where it should be, with strict Constitutional limits to power. I could care less if Obama wins another term, or if Romney defeats him. They are different only in style. The best thing to happen to conservatives is the election of Obama. It has galvanized them, in a way that they had not been before. If they buy the Gingrich, Romney kool-aid, and elect either of them, we as Republicans, and Americans, deserve the coming destruction of our nation. We had a chance to make a 180, and instead chose the "safe choice" when we all know the cliff looms, and both parties can't fin the brakes, OR the steering wheel.