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Andy, I liked your post but I disagree with your conclusion.

We haven’t lost our “mojo” as Conservatives: the GOP doesn’t have any leaders who believe in the principles of our “mojo”.

We don’t need to do anything—the GOP has to change towards us unless they want to be the permenant minority party.

This election is proof of that. Running as a Democrat only results in the real Democrat getting elected.

That the GOP leaders such as McCain and Gingrich can’t even see that, shows that the GOP either changes or goes the way of the Whigs.

The truth is, the RINOS have so infested the GOP that they are not salvageable. Bush, Lott, Frist,McConnell, Spector, McCain, etc. have so damaged the brand and the media so fatally stamped Republicans as a joke, we can’t fix the GOP.

We need a new party to articulate Conservative ideals and to promote Conservative candidates. Sarah Palin is the best hope of the GOP, and they are trying to Dan Quayle her from within. That’s not mojo—that’s rank stupidity.

The Gingrichs of the world can go sing Kumbaya with their new Messiah.

I want no part of it. Or them.

I agree with you, and if you'll reread my post, I think you may see that. It's not conservatives who have lost their "mojo" - it is the Republican establishment, who have no use for principle, as their true love is influence and access to power. Which makes them no different from Democrats as a practical matter.

We have a chance right now - in the next couple of years - to wrest control from the party apparatchiks and make the Republican Party once more the home of limited government, strong national defense, free enterprise, low taxes, and secure, defensible borders. Failing that, I have little doubt a third party will emerge for those of us fed up with the Europeanization of our continent.