There certainly are registered Republican Party members here, especially since the 2000 election cycle, but they are part of the mix, not the center. Republican partisans are tolerated and or encouraged when they recognize and promote conservative principals, criticized when they support or tolerate liberal principals and shunned when they sacrifice principals for party (power).
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an excellent example of the mess that results when compromising principal to achieve power, a hallmark of political party ethics and the California Republican Central Committees over the past 5 years. The fact that the Democrats are worse than the Republicans in California is no consulation to conservatives.
The fact that the Democrats are worse than the Republicans in California is no consulation to conservatives.
I am informed and knowledgeable of WHAT is the "conservative" principle(s). Again, I ask -- what do you propose for getting that message "more across"? Tom McClintock IS exactly such a conservative. I could go on the down list citing STAUNCH conservative candidates in CA who stood on conservative principle. Tell me, how many won the popular vote? I learn in this thread, it's because (paraphrasing here); that the GOP is socialist, won't give money to genuinely conservative candidates; therefore the conservative message isn't getting out. Meaning, the GOP does not wish "conservatism" to be heard.
As I've pointed out in other debates, Ralph Nader has the same argument with the Dems that you have with the GOP. And then there's Libertarians who also say they can't get "funding" for their candidates. Then there's McCain -- trying to get "non-traditional party" candidates 'HEARD" (ipso, funded) through legislations. A true conservative rejects such legislations, no?
What -- exactly do you propose for "true" conservatives to DO to overcome the "socialist GOP Party"?
How, I'm asking, are you going to lead either newer voters, or GOP so-called "loyalists" back into the fold of genuine conservatism?