I actually think the last few years proves my point. The national party got off the reservation on a whole bunch of issues and has seen the rank and file desert them.
And you would be right about that, sad as it is.
I think you have a good point. I know a lot of people who used to donate to the Republican party, and then the party didn’t stand up for things they believed in so they quit donating to the party. They donate to individual candidates that they believe in. Like Pat Toomey versus Arlen Specter, that one blew a fuse with me. President Bush campaigning for Specter against a conservative. He may have had his reasons, but conservatives didn’t like it. Also the immigration bill and President Bush’s flippant attitude about it.
He’s not worthless, but he’s not a conservative and I am.
I posted this thread a while back:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1936827/posts
It was about polling methods and whether there were problems since so many no longer have landlines and just cell phones. Who is going to want to use up cell phone minutes to answer a bunch of polling questions? And if they do it online it can be spammed. I don’t know how they can do a poll these days and have it be accurate.
But in 2004, I thought the polls were wrong, and they were a lot closer than I thought they were. I want to believe the polls are wrong, but I am preparing myself for disappointment in case they are right.