Unsupported assertion. I do not (nor ever have) sought "perfection" in any political candidate.
What I do insist upon -- and this is a simple enough baseline to meet -- is that said candidate be both fiscally and socially conservative (see sig line, below). There are at present, to that end, approximately 230+ Republicans in the House; 45 or so in the Senate; and somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to 30 sitting governors.
The pertinent question, here, is: why, from that available pool, does the GOP-e routinely (and suicidally) persist in cuddling and cossetting the absolute LEAST conservative potential candidates possible...?
Any other formulation is, ultimately, mere arm-waving and mugging in the service of (failed) distraction.
Who do you believe would have been a candidate who could have been victorious over Obama? Based on what?
The pertinent question, here, is: why, from that available pool, does the GOP-e routinely (and suicidally) persist in cuddling and cossetting the absolute LEAST conservative potential candidates possible...?
Maybe because Bush won twice and real conservatives rarely win congressional of senate seats?
No one asked me, but my number one pick was and still is Allen West. Not perfect, but pretty darn close.