By persuading the candidates he bankrolled to run from conservative principles rather than on them, Mr. Rove thoroughly alienated evangelicals, Tea Party activists, a legion of young Ron Paulists and just about everyone else who might have provided GOP candidates a decisive edge had they been given even the slightest reason to go to the polls.”
Compassionate Conservatism means a kinder, gentler loss.
52 posted on 11/16/2012 3:09:56 PM PST by Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)