In case you haven't been paying attention (you haven't), the republican base is not unified behind one candidate.
Even reading on Free Republic I can infer that.
I do however think the conservatives are not in favor of a RINO, but how is it that at least three of them are being promoted as the top choices? Why do we not hear of the RNC leadership swatting them down?
Why hasn't the RNC voiced any opinion against liberal Republicans?
Sure looks as if the RNC is doing everything they possibly can to alienate the conservatives in this country. Maybe they don't need us?
Hello, that was my point. Did you not see that or not appreciate the implications of this fact?
If the base, at this point, is not even beginning to unify behind a candidate, what instruction, pray tell, is the RNC supposedly not "listening" to (in your view)?
You say they haven't "swatted" down any of the liberals. First, is it the party's job to vet candidates, or is it ours?
Secondly, do you think it would be wise to knock out candidates who, on their own, are gaining traction with voters when the base has offered NO ONE to replace them?
Do you honestly believe it is the job of the RNC to "voice an opinion against" candidates, rather than the job of the voters to support or not support those candidates?
It's pure paranoia to claim that "the RNC is doing everything they possibly can to alienate the conservatives in this country." Your only evidence for this is some supposed acts of *omission.*
The GOP wants to win, just like every other political party wants to win. If they can win with a conservative candidate, they would be glad to do it. But since conservatives have thus far been unable to unify behind a candidate and support him to the extent that he moves into the top tier, the party has to go with what it's got. That's life.
It's not that the party doesn't need conservatives. It's that conservatives place too much responsibility on the party, rather than on themselves for the outcome of the primaries.