I wouldn’t be worrying about vortexes.
Conservatism was never on the ballot the last 2 elections.
Unfortunately, Sarah was window dressing that made the ignominy of the Maverick at the top of the ticket all the more intolerable to many. It served a couple purposes, it teased the base, it also attempted to sully conservatives by allowing pot shots from all sides to be fired off at her and those who have seen the New Majority and Moderates piss away prosperity and line their own campaign coffers and have attempted to call their own party members for doing a two step across the aisle when it came to any number of issues.
2010 and 2012 should be a real hoot.. You want unity? Good luck. Kick the moderates to the curb and get back to basics, conservative basics. Folks are gonna need a lot of it to survive the next few years or be overwhelmed by the Red tide of socialism, with a GoP stamp alongside the dems on the bottom of the bottle.
We are on the same page. I did not say I wanted unity. I want conservatism and I can promise the nation will flock to it. nasty comments about the opposition and slurs against individuals will do nothing to turn things around. reagan never attacked his opponents. he stated his beliefs with sincerity and it attracted the right and middle which isolated the left.
we can call the oppoosition names or get our house back in order- take your pick. the voter does not like rude and petty.