That is an unlikely outcome, as conservatives have already started taking over the reigns of the RNC - doing so state by state. Liberal GOP whackjobs have been thrown out in the 2010 elections, and that will likely increase in this election.
The 2010 elections was a wipe-out for liberals within the GOP - and that purge will continue with the same or greater energy in the coming election.
Romney cannot stop conservatives working within the states, and it is the combination of the states that ultimately determines the makeup of what the RNC becomes - and the makeup of Congress itself.
The gop/e own Mississippi... and our new governor’s endorsement. We have been rated the most conservative state in the union but today’s politicians can be bought... regardless of which brand is on their butt. Most of those that have endorsed mitt have received massive infusions into their PACS... Articles on this have appeared right here on FR. I am not saying that I do not like some of these people... I think pretty highly of our new governor (so far) but he was just being a political animal when he endorsed mitt. We have to change that amongst those that can be changed... we need to dump the rest and purge them from the party.
Ronald Reagan 1975 CPAC
“I don‘t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party”—when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.
It was a feeling that there was not a sufficient difference now between the parties that kept a majority of the voters away from the polls. When have we ever advocated a closed-door policy? Who has ever been barred from participating?
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Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?
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A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.
I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.”
Amen!
LLS