[conservatism_IS_compassion]

When you say that you can't accept failure to defeat the Democrat, you abandon all leverage--that decision is the decision to move to the left to accept the lesser evil.

Not trying to get McClintock is the planted axiom within "Bustamonte can't be allowed to win."

I was just mentioning today that "We can't afford to have a deficit" was Republican dogma before Kemp-Roth, and the planted axiom within that was, "Democrats will always get the credit with the public for 'social spending' and Republicans will always get the blame for high taxes to pay for it." That is, the planted axiom within the "taxes must be raised to cover spending" decision is "Republicans never are in the majority."

[freedumb2003]

When you say that you can't accept failure to defeat the Democrat, you abandon all leverage--that decision is the decision to move to the left to accept the lesser evil.

Yes, that is my anabshed position. And I think it is the position of all right thinking californians. But there is still the "let the ship sink with the Left at the Helm" argument. But I stand behind my analysis and conculsions.