So the GOP doesn’t care if they lose there base, the bulk of there party? They have already lost most of us, read all the threads. 1 in 10 will vote for mitt and the rest of us are walking. People who try to control the masses will eventually be found out. If the RNC want to win, which I doubt, they will start treating Romney like they did the conservative candidates.
BTTT.
The RNC types saw the returns from 2006 and 2008 -- they were branded on their foreheads. That's what the Party gets, doing things their way.
Contrast that with 2010, with the Tea Party leading and Sarah Palin out there working for GOP candidates.
And still they insist that the proles come 'round and Come to Daddy? Hell no!
“So the GOP doesn’t care if they lose there base, the bulk of there party?”
I don’t think that the traditional conservatives at this point make up the majority of the party. Where is all this support for mitt coming from? While you could argue that it’s crossover voting, I think that’s just denial.
I think the GOP-e has had enough of what they view as a noisy rabble and is willing to watch the noisier ones simply leave. They believe, and I think that they’re correct in this, that if they run someone like mitt, the bulk of self identified conservatives might grumble, but they’ll vote for him.
While I have no doubt that the bulk of FReepers won’t vote for mitt if he’s the nominee, I don’t that’s particularly reflective of the GOP base. Zotting RINOs isn’t an option in the real world.
In my view, there are three broad ideological groups wrestling for control within the GOP. You have to get two out of three in order to win. The GOP-e, nominally led by mitt romney is one. The traditional conservatives, who really don’t have a leader is the second. And the smallest and newest is the libertarians who are of course led by the Paul faction. (Full disclosure: I’m a supporter of the Paul faction) While I would prefer that traditional conservatives get with the Paul faction and make a deal, I don’t think it likely. Traditional conservatives can’t seem to agree on a nominee amongst themselves let alone broker a deal with the other elements within the party. I think it more likely that the GOP-e and the libertarians will come to a deal.