“Time after time during the Republican primary election cycle grassroots conservatives and Tea Partiers saw establishment Republican Party officials put their thumb on the scale to tip the balance in Mitt Romney’s favor.
From the arbitrary abuse of the winner-take-all rules in Florida and Arizona, to the post-election delegate allocation changes in Michigan, to the burdensome ballot access process in Virginia the establishment Republican Party did everything possible to thwart grassroots conservative activists and keep the power to choose the Republican nominee in the hands of Party insiders.
To prevent this from happening again, and to build a Republican Party leadership that truly represents its conservative base, Tea Partiers and grassroots conservative activists must redouble their efforts to take over the Republican Party.”
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/7603-where-do-conservatives-go-now
>>Don’t Get Suckered into Supporting the Republican Party
Oh, heavens, no! Let’s run a 3rd party that will give a nasty, sneering Obama an easy second term! You are very stupid, Richard.
Sorry, I’ll vote for whomever the Pubs throw up against Obama.
Imagine what Obama will do if he thinks he has voter approval of his socialist agenda by being elected to a second term.
I dislike Romney but he is better than another Obama term. Sorry FR, had to say it.
I support Conservatives.
I don’t support Socialists.
For example, I don’t support Mitt 0bamney, a slightly less Socialist guy than our current President.
I will find Conservatives to support, and usually those people will be Republicans.
This isn’t too hard.
William F. Buckley’s “The most conservative person who can win” standard must break down in the face of Socialist V. Socialist. Voting for a leftist will never have our principles win.
I never read any article that starts with “Fourth.”
Many wonder just what happened to the Tea Party 'wave' -where is it? I suggest it still lives REGARDLESS the RINO establishments efforts to muzzle it.
REMEMBER THIS -the first assault upon the Tea Party by those seeking to muzzle it and its elected was all about 'moral issues' versus 'pocketbook issues' -simply put it was a divide and conquer strategy that focused upon potential differences rather than principled consensus ALL THIS premised upon the fallacy that power grabbing progressives including RINOS adhere to, winning control of the big government throne; RATHER THAN simply seeking limited government.
Next time a Republican tells you that your moral issues do not matter realize you are listening to a RINO or one of the progressive RINO's useful idiots!
Levin had a great rant on his radio show last night about all of the anti-conservative positions that, I believe it was the Chamber of Commerce had endorsed. E.g. lax immigration policies, various government subsidies, etc. It was a good explanation of how being "pro-busines" is often at complete cross purposes to being conservative and free market-oriented. Of course he calls these people corporatists. And I think we all can see Mitt Romney would be the ULTIMATE Corporatist-in-Chief.
It has NEVER been the case where conservatism gains more when Republicans lose. If Republicans were to lose in 2012 (they aren’t, Obama is) all that would achieve is to make the Republican party MORE moderate in 2016, not less. Winning is a habit.
The republicans are in a good position to take control of the senate. IF we maintain control of the house and gain in the senate it will be a win (if the republicans stick to conservative strengths) without Romney. Conservatives could block Obama and the dems legislation. I say fight for the republicans in your states and districts but do not cave to the republican establishment in their selection of Romney.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/race-ratings/85743-race-ratings
SENATE
Democratic Seats (23)
Safe Democratic: (8)
Feinstein (Calif.)
Carper (Del.)
Cardin (Md.)
Klobuchar (Minn.)
Menendez (N.J.)
Gillibrand (N.Y.)
Whitehouse (R.I.)
Sanders (Vt.)
Likely Democratic: (6)
Lieberman (Conn.) - OPEN
Akaka (Hawaii) - OPEN
Stabenow (Mich.)
Casey (Pa.)
Cantwell (Wash.)
Kohl (Wis.)
Lean Democratic: (4)
Nelson (Fla.)
McCaskill (Mo.)
Brown (Ohio)
Manchin (W.Va.)
Toss-up: (5)
Tester (Mont.)
Nelson (Neb.)
Bingaman (N.M.) - OPEN
Conrad (N.D.) - OPEN
Webb (Va.) - OPEN
Republican Seats (10)
Safe Republican: (5)
Lugar (Ind.)
Wicker (Miss.)
Corker (Tenn.)
Hatch (Utah)
Barrasso (Wy.)
Likely Republican: (3)
Kyl (Ariz.) - OPEN
Snowe (Maine)
Hutchison (Texas) - OPEN
Lean Republican: (0)
Toss-up: (2)
Brown (Mass.)
Ensign (Nev.)
HOUSE
Democratic Seats (27)
Races To Watch:(3)
Carnahan (Mo.-03)
Wu (Ore.-01)
Rahall (W.Va.-3)
Toss-up: (5)
Barrow (Ga.-12)
Kissell (N.C.-08)
Heinrich (N.M.-01)
Sutton (Ohio-13)
Altmire (Pa.-04)
Lean Democratic: (10)
McNerney (Calif.-11)
Donnelly (Ind.-2)
Chandler (Ky.-06)
Peters (Mich.-09)
McIntyre (N.C.-07)
Bishop (N.Y.-01)
Owens (N.Y.-23)
Schrader (Ore.-05)
Matheson (Utah-02)
Connolly (Va.-02)
Likely Democratic: (9)
Giffords (Ariz.-08)
Himes (Conn.-04)
C. Murphy (Conn.-05) - OPEN
Loebsack (Iowa-02)
Boswell (Iowa-03)
Peters (Mich.-09)
Walz (Minn.-01)
Shuler (N.C.-11)
Critz (Pa.-12)
Republican Seats (27)
Races to Watch: (4)
Crawford (Ark.-01)
Heck (Nev.-03)
Rigell (Va.02)
Hurt (Va.-5)
Toss-up: (10)
West (Fla.-22)
Walsh (Ill.-08)
Dold (Ill.-10)
Schilling (Ill.-17)
Buerkle (N.Y.-25)
B. Johnson (Ohio-06)
Fitzpatrick (Pa.-08)
Barletta (Pa.-11)
Duffy (Wis.-07)
Farenthold (Texas-27)
Lean Republican: (8)
Ellmers (N.C.-02)
Rivera (Fla.-25)
Bass (N.H.-02)
Grimm (N.Y.-13)
Cravaack (Minn.-08)
Rehberg (Mont.-AL) - OPEN
Runyan (N.J.-03)
Canseco (Texas-23)
Likely Republican: (5)
Berg (N.D.-AL)
Pearce (N.M.-01)
Lee (N.Y.-26) - OPEN
Herrera Beutler (Wash.-03)
McKinley (W.Va.-01)
I was done with the big insiders party years ago, when I realized the Rs and Ds are all riding in the same limo.
How many times can Americans be lied to and BS’d?
America needed a 2nd party since Bush’s second term.
Might as well vote for Obama.