I know waht you are saying but I have a longer memory than you do. I remember that a short while ago our nation in 2004 voted conservatives into congress to from a majority in both the House and the Senate. Their legislative agenda was tarduced bu 14 Senators known as the gang of 14. Seven of those were Republicans, who together thwarted the elective will of a nation.
The conservative movement failed. There is a reason why the electorate is not voting conservative.
And so I willvote candidate by candidate, since there is no hope for a resurtgeance for cnservatives to form a government in the next congress or to take the executive office.
In my State , I will vote those closest to my conservative position on issues of personal import.
Like I said, I will no longer vote a straight Republican ticket like I have for 25 years.
As far as the presidency goes, I can say with certainty that the Republican Party will lose the presidency in November. They no longer have conservative voters as a cohisive electoral part of the Republican party, which means many former conservatives will be voting either independant or democrat as they have done in the primaries.
The jig is up my friend, and millions of us yesterday have jumped off the Republican hook.
And there is nothing ANYONE can do about it now.
We warned, we cajoled, we pleaded and no one listened. So grin and bear it. "Progressiveness" is a female dog! And if I must be a "progressive" by "force majeure" no bunch of two bit mavins and their MSM running dogs in Washington will direct my evolution in it.
And I am legion.
The Conservative Movement hasn’t failed. In all instances in my lifetime we have been outnumbered. Even in the best circumstances with Presidents like Reagan and Bush (and admit it they have been better than any of the others in the past fifty years) and Republicans in control of Congress the liberals and moderates have been able to slow or stop Conservative initiatives over and over because our side lacked the votes.
In the 2006 elections we lost several good voting Conservatives like George Allen and Rick Santorum because Conservatives didn’t show up at the polls to support them. Hand wringing negativism and “take my ball and go home” attitudes contributed to that failure to go and vote.
There are too many here on Free Republic that seem eager to see the left take over completely next year thinking it would pave the path for our return in the next cycle. But what if we don’t? Imagine four years of Hillary appointing Federal Judges or Hussein negotiating with Imanutjob to allow the Persians to have nuclear weapons. Imagine that with crooked elections and gerrymandering the left stays in charge for the next 50 years. Surely you don’t really believe that giving up even an inch to the left is a good strategic move?