[nathanbedford]

We should not accept the premise. It is a false choice to say that our only option is either a pure conservative who cannot win or a rino will not govern as a conservative.

There is another sort of candidate, one who articulates a vision of growth and limited government which is not a novel idea on my part but one which was tried and proved true by Ronald Reagan.

[r9etb]

There is another sort of candidate, one who articulates a vision of growth and limited government which is not a novel idea on my part but one which was tried and proved true by Ronald Reagan.

Unfortunately for your point, Mr. Reagan agreed with Barbour: “My 80 percent friend is not my 20 percent enemy.”

The fact is that the FR echo chamber is evidence to the truth of Barbour's assertion about "purity" requirements among conservatives.