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Check your facts.....Foley is my congressman,and votes 90 percent with republicans and conservatives on issues.

Foley is pro-abortion and pro-gay, as his record and his statements clearly indicate. He has voted for some abortion restriction and voted against others, but he definitely supports Roe v. Wade, Big Time, which puts him right there with Tom Daschle. He has voted for every "gay rights" issue but the Defense of Marriage act. What part of that do you say is incorrect?

As for the Pat Buchanan part of the party? Ha ha! I was talking about social conservatives, and I don't think Pat even mentions those issues any more. He's obsessed with isolationism.

The social conservatives, despite your mocking, are still damn strong in the GOP, and do not need to settle for a pro-gay, pro-abort congressman who would have significant weaknesses in a general election.

And you didn't address Foley's general election problems, his limited appeal from the right and center as a homosexual.

"The social conservatives, despite your mocking, are still damn strong in the GOP, and do not need to settle for a pro-gay, pro-abort congressman who would have significant weaknesses in a general election."

Absolutely. The only way Foley can win is if Deutsch or Hastings gets the RAT nomination and social conservatives (including conservative Democrats, who are still the majority in many parts of North Florida) actually turn out to vote AGAINST the RAT nominee, since they sure as hell wouldn't walk on broken glass to vote for a pro-abortion, pro-gay moderate such as Foley. If Penelas or Boyd get the RAT nomination, Foley would be toast.

If true conservatives such as Webster or Weldon run, they should be able to win the nomination and defeat all comers in the general. The one guy I'm afraid of is Penelas, who projects a moderate image and may be able to chip away at the GOP's stranglehold on the Cuban vote, but clearly Webster and Weldon would give us a better chance than would Foley.