Before you write off the whole Republican Party, let's not forget that many of these folks are the same people who rode into the Congress in '94 full of "radical" reform proposals and a determination to reign in BigGuv'ment expansionism. Problem is, those same folks don't wanna undercut the Leader of their Party and this Nation in a time of war. If we can get Dubyuh's attention, I believe many GOP Congressmen and even some Senators would welcome a return to conservatism.
"Quite frankly, the ONLY card Dubya has left to play with the conservative wing of the RINO-dominated GOP is his holding of one BIG carrot dangled waay high in the air -- those crucial potential appointments of new USSC justices."
That's not really true, F16...Social Security privatization is a hugely conservative issue, as is making permanent the tax cuts that were temporarily passed in Dubyuh's first term. Also, imagine the damage that could be inflicted upon this Country were we to make John Kerry the Commander-in-Chief in a War against Terror that is not yet halfway won.
"If NOT for that, the President would be told to stuff his liberal domestic agenda AND his chances for the '04 Presidency."
You could be right, but this World is not safe enough to allow the DemonRATS to retake the reins just yet...it is much more advisable to force change in Dubyuh's direction between now and November, thereby setting the tone for a much more staunchly-Conservative second term.
FReegards...MUD
And discovered that "true conservatives" were, like Paine's summer soldiers and sunshine patriots, nowhere to be found when it came to lending support in the 1995 budget crisis. The Dems went after them hammer and tongs--and the "true conservatives" and "grassroots activists" didn't march to the sound of the guns, they ran in the opposite direction as fast as their feet could carry them.