Again:
The party didn’t make the field weak and didn’t make voters split the notRomney vote. The party didn’t pull the voting levers. The weak field and lack of unity in opposition got us here.
We need to recruit and develop strong candidates, support them - they need to actually run for office. And we need to unite behind them, get their message out, communicate, educate and convince voters to join, contribute and vote for them. Effective political action.
The party is an apparatus that can be used by whomever organizes and executes most effectively. The party wasn’t a problem under Reagan because Reagan forces took control of the party, bottom up. I watched it happen.
And it happened against strong opposition, entrenched, that had to be pushed aside. Do you think you get to take over without opposition? Is it supposed to be that easy? No, never is when a lot of power is involved.
A weak field, constant infighting, complete lack of any kind of unity...
This won’t work in any party. Won’t work tomorrow if you pick another party or start your own.
The party ain’t the problem. If we owned the party all along this primary, we’d still be where we are now.
The press and party elites picked Romney last year. It's his "turn". Just like it was McCains.