[Delacon]

“And without us, the socialist party would have held 400 House seats and 90 Senate seats for the last 30 years. So how funny are we, Maggie?”

Actually I don’t think she was speaking for herself there. She was speaking for the left. But as she comes at social cons from a lefty pov she does raise some questions. What has the gop done for social cons over the past 30 years? Now I am not a social con but I can recall that social cons went for the Huckster last election or worse stayed home. So the flip side of the coin is what have social cons done for the GOP lately. I was never a McCain supporter but I bet McCain is looking pretty good right now to all republicans.

[okie01]

I was never a McCain supporter but I bet McCain is looking pretty good right now to all republicans.

What we've got is a catastrophe.

McCain would've been merely a disaster.

[Longhair_and_Leather]

She may not have been speaking about herself, but my point is that the social conservatives have made up the grass-roots of the party for the last 30 years, so it's not as if they haven't done any of the heavy lifting.

Why did many go for Huckabee? That one still perplexes me. I'm not sure of the numbers as to who among the base sat it out last November, but I remember how deflated I was after the bailout vote, and thinking that many on our side may just take a pass. I also remember thinking that we have nominated candidates that keep moving left ever since Reagan, and the continued move to "rat-lite" would just turn off too many conservatives. Even though I voted for McCain, I commented to my dad, "It feels like voting in the Soviet Union."