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I am familiar with Toomey. I live in Wisconsin and the RNC managed to sandbag Tim Michels. They tell me they aren't behind Scott Walker's withdrawal, but I think the party managed to shut off his funds thinking Green "had a better chance" (this is a Governor's race for the out-of-staters).

The conservatives do not control the party. Want conservatives? The younger ones need to get into the party apparatus, start at the bottom as county chairs/staff, and work their way up to the decision-making levels.

As it stands now, the decisions are bottom-line calculations of who can win, giving us control of chairmanships and the agenda. You are right: conservative candidates, outside of a few Congressional Districts, either do not run or are not supported by the party in the primaries. Like it or not, grassroots rebellions have not worked to date. They do not work in the House, Senate or the Presidential elections. They only occasionally work in gubernatorial elections.

We are no different from the donks in that regard: we run who can win and winners must draw from the middle. Change the constituency of the middle and you will see a change in candidates and in winners.

We are no different from the donks in that regard: we run who can win and winners must draw from the middle. Change the constituency of the middle and you will see a change in candidates and in winners.

I disagree.

That's what the much maligned "Contract with America," and the "Young Turks" of the nineties where all about. Our problem is "they" got to Washington as conservatives and "grew."

Santorum is a grand example...he's probably going to lose his seat next go around, and in no small measure because he aided in helping Specter (<=sp) survive his primary challenge.

Santorum could have been President one day! He could suck up campaign contributions from all over the country as the youngest, most articulate, and most prominent conservative on the horizon.

Now, he's probably going to lose his seat because he allowed himself to be "the pragmatists" (to use the phrase from Bush 1's term) b!tch.