[dead]

The conservative wing of the party backed McClintock. Unfortunately, the conservative wing of the Republican Party apparently consists of about 18% of the population in California.

The go-it-alone attitude is nice, but 18% is as good as 0% in a two party system. You can either compromise and form alliances with people who partially agree with you, or you can sit on the sidelines and boo.

[old school]

"The go-it-alone attitude is nice, but 18% is as good as 0% in a two party system. You can either compromise and form alliances with people who partially agree with you, or you can sit on the sidelines and boo."

Sort of begs the question doesn't it? What is a republican? Is it distinct from a democrat, if so how distinct?

[deport]

The conservative wing of the party backed McClintock. Unfortunately, the conservative wing of the Republican Party apparently consists of about 18% of the population in California.

I don't know what the conservative population of CA is but a couple of polls that have published their internals show McClintock getting less than 30% of the Conservative CA vote...... That doesn't bode well for someone that is supposed to be the conservative leader......

[Concerned]

DEAD WROTE TO OLD SCHOOL: "The conservative wing of the party backed McClintock. Unfortunately, the conservative wing of the Republican Party apparently consists of about 18% of the population in California."

DEAD ADDED: "The go-it-alone attitude is nice, but 18% is as good as 0% in a two party system. You can either compromise and form alliances with people who partially agree with you, or you can sit on the sidelines and boo."

I AM RESPONDING: "EXACTLY!!!!!"

I AM ADDING: "As a social/moral/economic/andEveryOtherWay conservative, I realize that Rome was NOT built in a day! As someone with MANY years of experience in Politics and Marketing, I realize that if you don't have a PLACE AT THE TABLE, you do not even have a VOICE!!!!!!

I AM ADDING: "If you want YOUR principles to be HEARD, but IF YOU HAVE NO VOICE, YOU CANNOT BE HEARD!!!"

[Concerned]

BTW, I wrote some quite thorough comments at the following URLs:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990452/posts?page=546#546

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990452/posts?page=547#547