[skeeter]

If we're unable to honestly assess the mood of the country, and rally behind a leader acceptable to the majority, we'll lose. As of this thread, it seems that conservativism in general doesn't care about doing either of those things.

Good grief, what a helluva way to select the leader of the free world...

You are right though, the party IS in trouble.

[Steel Wolf]

If we're unable to honestly assess the mood of the country, and rally behind a leader acceptable to the majority, we'll lose. As of this thread, it seems that conservativism in general doesn't care about doing either of those things.

Good grief, what a helluva way to select the leader of the free world... You are right though, the party IS in trouble.

We're in trouble because we're fragmented and emotional. I've been teaching people and teams a high risk trade for a long time, and I know this for certain. Once you lose your emotional detachment, and forget the parameters of the game out of anger and frustration, you're defeating yourself. Our opponents are incompetent, but our internal divisions are razor sharp. They'll hand the left a victory they could never win otherwise.

Put aside all of your wants in a leader. Think of what America, right, then left, then center, is looking for. Not in general, but right now. 2007. The election will fall to whichever side capitalizes on the current mood of the nation. If we can't honestly assess that mood, and field a candidate along those lines, we, according the system enacted by our Founding Fathers, will lose.

So stop thinking like fanatics, and start thinking like chessplayers, or be ready to nurse a string of principaled defeats.