“Because we, and our mission, are in their way.”
Yep, and they know they need our votes, so they try to subvert and convert, and when that doesn’t work they disrupt.
As it turns out, we need their votes, too.
Social conservatives were indeed the piece of the coalition that pushed the Republican party into majority status. A lot of Rudy-style GOPers are conveniently forgetting that fact.
But socons would be naive to conclude from that that we are a majority in and of ourselves.
Like it or not, politics is about building and maintaining coalitions. That's why I'm not too eager to tell a lot of people to get lost.
It's also why I truly hope Fred Thompson will enter the fray. I don't see anyone else out there that can unite 80 - 90% of the Republican party.