[CobaltBlue]

Maybe I am wrong, but I think Carlo's point is that the election of Arnold should be a lesson to Republicans, too.

There are plenty of Republicans who'd rather Gray Davis was still governor, or that Bustamonte won, rather than Schwarzenegger.

I know, ya'll think he's a RINO, but I think he's the new face of the Republican party. Republicans have to stop eating our own.

Republicans are so used to being on the outside that they don't know what to do with themselves when they win. That's got to change, too.

If you insist that abortion should be outlawed completely, and homosexuality, too, and insist on making these positions a litmust test for candidates, you're going to lose.

[Reagan Renaissance]

"If you insist that abortion should be outlawed completely, and homosexuality, too, and insist on making these positions a litmust test for candidates, you're going to lose."

Don't confuse these issues with Constititutional conservatism, and do not put me in the camp with conservatives who seek power so that they can legislate morality. The issues supported by RINO's that are of concern to Constitutional conservatives are things like prescription drug benefits for seniors, steel tariffs and trade embargoes with Canadians, deficit spending, expanding spending on education while not tying it to or worse abandoning school vouchers, growing government rather than shrinking it, new regulations instead of throwing out prior executive orders and rediculous regulations. There is an almost endless list.

Republicans need to do what is right, now what is politically popular. Winning elections is important if and only if, you use the power correctly to do the right thing. America is running out of time before it starts to go bankrupt, which it is on tract to do before 2016. If we don't fix the problems, it won't matter who is in charge because it will simply be re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. And like the Titanic, there aren't enough life boats on our ship. Even if there are enough life jackets, and there aren't, the water is still too cold to survive.