In the past I voted for McCain, and Romney nationally, and for Scott Brown in Massachusetts. But I guess it depends on your belief in how far gone this nation is, and what it will take to restore it, assuming that is even possible at this point.
Personally, I now believe that the only way to save this nation now (assuming such a thing is still possible) is to put conservatives in political offices and enact an agenda based on free markets, limited government and the rule of law. As long as we have a Republican party that actively opposes those ends (and we do, obviously), then I believe our only (slim) hope is drastic action.
As long as the Republican Party establishment believes that it can continue to survive by being Democrat-lite, and that it can continue to maintain power while actively fighting against the core principles of liberty, free markets and Constitutional law, it will never make the necessary change of direction.
Only when the Republican party understands that it must change or die can we hope to turn this country around. Our too-long-serving entrenched establishment politicians can still enjoy their comfy lifestyles, their wealth, power and prestige as members of a minority party. So why should they bother to change direction?
Surely a John Boehner (or an Eric Cantor -- had he not been defeated -- or a Mitch McConnell) would be just as happy to be minority leaders if the election cycle didn't go their way. Yes, they would prefer to be majority leaders, but what good would it be to them if a conservative Republican Party won the majority and then threw them out of their cushy positions and all those perks, replacing them with real conservatives?
Ask yourself -- which do you think Mitch McConnell would prefer -- a majority Republican party in which he was stripped of his position by a conservative majority, or a minority Republican party in which he could remain Senate minority leader because the majority of Republican senators were RINOs?
You may argue that we have no time to wait for the Republicans to realize that their only choice is to change or die as a viable party. But if we don't have time for that, then what makes you think we have time to wait for the RINOs and the GOP-e to pursue a "moderately marginal" course of action designed only to maintain their personal fiefdoms at the expense of a free America operating under the rule of Constitutional law?
The GOP had majority power in the House and Senate, and occupied the White House, 10 years ago. What did all that power do to move the agenda of liberty forward? Answer: nothing.
A GOP that cannot even sell liberty, limited governments and free markets to the American people is worse than useless. It is a party of tyranny enablers, and I will have none of it.
Unbelievably, today we are facing once again the stark choice between liberty and death.
Once again, these are the times that try men's souls. Conservatives need to be waging aggressive war against the totalitarian leftist tyrants on all fronts -- in the branches of government at the federal and state level, in academia, in the media, through public demonstrations, and in the voting booth.
Many argue that we must continued to vote for "the most electable conservative," which means "vote for the RINO if no conservative is running." But I respectfully disagree with that choice. I am done enabling.
If we really are to lose the greatest country in the history of the world, then let's at least be fighting for it when it goes down.
And who knows, maybe -- just maybe, if we show sufficient resolve and conviction -- divine Providence will once again provide the support that gave our founders their unlikely victory in 1776, and grant us once again the "new birth of freedom" that Lincoln called for a century later.
The GOP-wing of the Democrat Party has to be made to understand that they are no longer in charge.
I hope that Grimes cleans Mitch’s clock for what he has done...
Truth be told, the EXEMPT McConnell COULD on any day
have turned it around going against the Tyrant.
But he never did.
The EXEMPT McConnell went after ... conservatives.
I am honestly surprised McConnell hasn’t made some effort to mend bridges with the base. I think the GOP is testing the waters this cycle to see if they can get enough votes with independents, and nose holding conservatives to disown their base.
“Will Tea Partiers Sink Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky Senate Reelection Bid?”
As usual, when a bad guy (McConnell) gets pointed out, and good guys (Tea Party) does something about it, the good guys are suddenly painted as the bad people.
uhmm... maybe the article should be if independent and democrates who voted for him in primaries are going to sink him. There are many more such fraud voters who turn coat on him than conservatives.
this is unreal the schizophrenia.
GOPe encouraged party-line-crossing in Missouri.
I recommend conservatives return the favor and vote Democrat against McConnel.
Until the GOPe loses because of conservatism, they will not listen.
The sit at home “conservative purists” gave us 4 more years of nobama in 2012 and now you want to do the same and guarantee the dems keep the Senate?
This purist stance is going to end up killing instead of curing America.
Where were you during the Kentucky Primary? Did you stongly support Bevins with your time and money? Obviously not near enough did.
While dumping Mitch might be emotionally gratifying, doesn’t look like its going to happen based on the polls I’ve seen...
Mitch has taken the lead in polling and widening it.
Article reads more like wishful thinking than reality at this point.
No doubt he’s angered part of his base, but the idea the libertarian candidate is going to play spoiler for sour grapism isn’t currently being played out. We’ll see in November.
The Tea Party won't be responsible for Mitch McConnell losing.
Mitch McConnell himself will be responsible for his loss (should that happen.)
Fact is, Mitch McConnell's "go along to get along" with Dirty Harry Reid over the last 10 years or so will be his undoing.
McConnell declared war on the TEA Party by saying his goal was to “crush” it. Now he wants pity and votes from conservatives. He’s the Hamas of the GOP.
McConnell has got to go. Period.
It’s unfortunate that he wasn’t kicked out already 6 years ago, then we’d probably have a real viable candidate against Grimes.
The Supreme Court. The Supreme Court. The Supreme Court. This is our Supreme Court:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 81
Antonin Scalia, 78
Anthony Kennedy, 78
Stephen Breyer, 75
Clarence Thomas, 66
Samuel Alito, 64
Sonia Sotomayor, 60
John Roberts, 59
Elena Kagan, 54
Ginsburg is not retiring this year, but she could retire next year and a Senate Controlled by Democrats could confirm a liberal justice who would hold a place for 30 more years. If Scalia or Kennedy pass away in Obama’s last two years, the Court could have a liberal majority for the next 25 years.
Are we supposed to wait until 2040 for the great conservative take-over? Anything that may leave control of the Senate in the hands of Democrats is absolutely asinine. Conservatives can’t win by losing. Conservatives need to win elections. And, a weak Republican who will caucus with conservatives is always going to be better than a liberal majority in the Senate.
But Conservatives MUST get behind him. Alison Grimes would be an absolute national disaster.
Chris McDaniel...different story. He is worth fighting for, and defeating Thad Cochran over.
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We need to figure out with some confidence how many seats we are likely to win, and how many we can strategically lose and still hold the Senate.
We came close to winning the Senate in 2012, but all the Senate races collapsed after the convention. I blame McConnell's failure of leadership for the 2012 Senate losses. He failed to make retaking the Senate a national issue. He failed to get out in front of the news and make the news.
We may never retake the Senate because of McConnell, not due to a McConnell loss.
-PJ
