[John Leland 1789]

The Republican Party is not yet ready or capable of electing people on principle. “Electability” is the standard, regardless of how low that standard drags us.

Duncan Hunter should be way up at the top of the polls scaring Rudy’s socks off. But “electability” keeps Rudy up and Mr. Hunter down.

[Sun]

Maybe the RINOs will make themselves unelectable, and one of the so-called dark horses will move to the top tier.

Somebody told me that on the radio they heard that Romney said Rudy turned NYC into a sanctuary for illegal aliens. Rudy responded by saying he did not turn NYC into a base of any illegality. Rudy DID choose not to target illegals.

[Designer]

"Duncan Hunter should be way up at the top of the polls scaring Rudy’s socks off. But “electability” keeps Rudy up and Mr. Hunter down."

Here, sir, is the reason we have liberals running as Republicans.

"The Republican Party is not yet ready or capable of electing people on principle."

If they aren't "ready" now, and they have been becoming more liberal every year for years, what makes you think they will EVER be "ready"?

What would be the mechanism for instituting change in the Republican Party?

IMO, it is precisely the candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul that will wake up the grass-roots Republicans and give them hope that their traditional values are not lost forever.

Go ahead and nominate a RINO liberal, and we'll have hellary to pay.