[discostu]

Gotta use the primaries to get better repubs in. House races are best for that because they're very localized, senate races are tougher, national (the presidency) toughest. That's the natural progression of moving the body politic, shove it one direction during the primaries but keep it electable in the generals which is why the wider the general election the slower the push needs to be. I'd love hard core conservatives in the senate and White House but with the exception of a few states it simply isn't going to happen.

[RiflemanSharpe]

I have seen over a dozen people run as conservative then move to the center within a few years of election. It is one of the main reasons I support term limits so much.

[MegaSilver]

Gotta use the primaries to get better repubs in. House races are best for that because they're very localized, senate races are tougher, national (the presidency) toughest.

If a conservative can eek his way through to governor, though, and demonstrates just how much conservatives are needed, then we can get a conservative president (ala Ronald Reagan). It's been done before, and it can be done again.