[rdb3]

Nothing’s going to change over just one election cycle. FDR didn’t change everything in one term. We have to fight hard year to year, but keep the long game in mind - getting our Constitutional Republic back.

INDEED!

But this leaves a gnawing, two-part question in my mind: Why can't we on the Right understand this and where is our patience?

The pain you feel today is the strength you'll have tomorrow.

[1010RD]

I don’t know. We don’t seem to be able to handle our ideology in a pragmatic manner. Some do, but plenty don’t. I’m in Cook County, Illinois - America’s North Korea. I have to be practical if I want to gain an inch.

What I suspect is that the most petulant among us come from areas with few liberals and so they’re not used to compromising and see any compromise as surrender. Or they’re Christians who find Romney’s LDS beliefs so offensive that they cannot accept him.