[SoConPubbie]

You can die on the hill of the perfectly principled, and vocal about it candidate, or you can pick your fights, elect small gov conservatives, hopefully limit the governments intrusion in your life and assume they will be much more conservative on all issues than the alternative. You decide.

False choice and shades of a straw-man argument.

The third category you did not list, was the Reagan category, you know, the three-legged stool type of candidate?

The one that elevates ALL of the conservative positions to the same level of importance.

Try to win without this approach, and you will have another Dole, McCain, Romney debacle.

[JRandomFreeper]

I will not vote for a pro-abortion, anti-gun, pro-amnesty, big government, socialized medicine liberal. Not even if they have an R by their name. From my list, you can see why I couldn’t vote for Romney.

Stick to your principle of running liberal republicans and keep losing.

Your choice.

/johnny

[redangus]

I didn’t say that the candidate wouldn’t be a SoCon. In fact I specifically hinted that a small gov, lower tax and I would add strong national defense canidate would be expected to also be more socially conservative than the dem alternative.