Bush won as a conservative and his popularity plummeted in 2005 when he abandoned it. The House and Senate were lost after Majority Leader Delay said he ‘just couldn’t see anything to cut’ in the budget.
We ran the left’s favorite Republican McCain (the same one who undercut conservatives at every turn from 2000-2006) to be the nominee, and he lost in 2008.
The base led the way in 2010 and we won an unprecedented number of seats at every level.
In 2012, the DC consultants took back over and put a very moderate one-term Massachusetts governor at the top of the ticket, and added ‘sure things’ in Senate races in key swing states like Mack in FL. Allen in VA, and Tommy Thompson in WI. They all got thrashed after running bland, unimpressive campaigns.
Now, we have to correct from our failings and run an unpredictable moderate Republican from another Northeastern state. Makes perfect sense.
No No NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOO!!!!
What’s the use, I said the same thing about Romney in 2009, in response to exactly these kind of posts and we still got him. I’m about ready to resign to inevitability, I was never so angry as during the last primaries, and I don’t wan’t to relive it.
Chris Cristie knows his limitations. Without “belly band surgery” which makes him vomit a little any time he tries to eat more than about two tablespoons... he knew that he would continue to be a glutton. Now that gives us something that we can all agree with him about.
Bush actually ran as a compassionate conservative not a real one. At least he was honest.