Now describes too many modern "conservatives." There's nothing but endless whining and spawning of conspiracy theories all to disclaim any part in a failure whether it's who gets nominated or when of their 'chosen', like Akin, is soundly defeated. In both the McCain and Romney nomination cases, conservatives had four years to produce a 'champion', their alternative to the likely nominee. It didn't happen and in the case of 2012, it was like the keystone cops ... every month there was a new choice people ran to.
Here's the thing, once again there's no GOP incumbent... these nominating elections happen EVERY FOUR YEARS. Start recruiting NOW.
I can tell you now: if Santorum's the next nominee, he will lose and "conservatives" who were so enraptured by him this past cycle will be born again critics and finally see him as he really is.
Santorum was the last remaining credible Conservative in the Presidential race. Was he the best we could run ? By no means. However there is a serious problem EVERY Conservative candidate must face, in that they have to run against the establishment brick wall that doesn’t want anyone but big government liberals to be the nominee.
It’s appalling we have to run against our own f’ing party just to get a GOOD nominee through, which by the time that happens, if even possible, they’ve been completely bankrupted of funds fighting against that left-wing establishment, AND have had their names and character dragged through the mud. All of this BEFORE they face the Democrat and media onslaught for the general. And you wonder why our best and brightest say, “F it, I’m not putting myself or my family through this crap.”
The reason why Santorum was remotely viable was solely because of how horrendous and viscerally unpopular Willard was to the base and wanting to support someone, anyone, who remotely shared their values to go into the general election.
Indeed, it’s not Santorum I’m worried about running again in 2016 (I doubt he would). It’s that the establishment will insist on coronating that Zero bootlicking fat tub of $hit from New Jersey, Christie. You know, “Someone who can win !” Just like how McCain won and how Willard won. Gee whiz, why bother having two parties when the GOP does all the dirty work for the Democrats ?
It’s pretty well demonstrated the party establishment and the Democrats are in bed together. Might as well stop insulting our intelligence and they should declare it publicly, that their sole mission is to stop non-leftist candidates from making it to a general election, and only ringers need apply.