Putting a RINO up as the presidential candidate is a losing strategy. The GOP cannot ameliorate the situation by putting a conservative in the joebiden spot.
And the GOP will have no one but themselves to blame for their loss.
Putting a RINO up as the presidential candidate is a losing strategy. It works in only two cases:
- When the RINO has served faithfully as a conservative vice-president and gets swept in by the remaining reservoir of goodwill from the conservative administration. See: Bush I, 1988.
- When the RINO is successfully sold as a conservative because the runner-up nomination challenger is so much worse. See: Bush II, 2000.
Long story short is that Case I is the only way Mitt gets in. Not possible in 2012 and probably not possible in 2016 or 2020 because he will be too old.
Case II does not apply because Rick Perry is no longer the runner-up and they are a virtual wash as far as RINOism goes.