Well, what I am suggesting is that in washington it is very difficult to behave as a conservative, all of the pressures are to be a liberal. Millions of us worked hard to put the GOP in charge, and when the GOP got in charge, it gave up and became worse spenders than the dems. Now, we didn't know that in advance, but that is what happened. So for me, at least, I am extra careful about making sure the people that I vote for are willing to battle the establishment.
That's nonsense. Anyone can run, and the GOP isn't funding anyone in the primaries.
But that's what we are doing, and the GOP establishment is calling us all sorts of names for not supporting big government GOP types. That tells me that the GOP as a whole isn't interested in small govenrment any more.
You might say that means that the voters aren't, but I am not so sure that is true. The shareholders of companies don't like getting ripped off by management, but it often happens. The tool that the GOP uses to keep ripping off the voters is the "if you don't vote for our guy, Hillary will win card".
That's nonsense. Anyone can run, and the GOP isn't funding anyone in the primaries.
That was once true. It is not any more. See Specter, Chaffee.
I was speaking of presidential candidates. The Senate has its own campaign warchest to spend on whatever RINOs it chooses. And it certainly has done so.
Don't be caught up in the belief that the GOP is some monolithic body. It isn't.
It's a party that has many factions and many sources of funds as well as largesse. It fights within itself at least as much as it fights Democrats.
My philosophy is to support the heck out of a candidate I support, then to give to the GOP for the general elections, knowing that whomever prevailed in the primaries is going to be superior to the Rat candidate.