[SoConPubbie]

Mr. Kondik is not nearly as positive as Mr. Bedard. This is best summarized in Kondik's closing paragraph:

Why do I care about the negative opining's of any of the chattering class?

The truth is, as borne out by President Reagan, fidelity to Conservative Principle sells. It wins massive victories.

On the other hand, those who go all mushy-mouthed and abandon their principles or who never had any principles in the first place, George H. Bush, John McCain, Bob Dole, Mitt Romney, and lately, Rand Paul, provide, in stark relief, the negative results of such cowardly behavior.

[BuckeyeTexan]

The truth is, as borne out by President Reagan, fidelity to Conservative Principle sells. It wins massive victories.

On the other hand, those who go all mushy-mouthed and abandon their principles or who never had any principles in the first place, George H. Bush, John McCain, Bob Dole, Mitt Romney, and lately, Rand Paul, provide, in stark relief, the negative results of such cowardly behavior.

Ann Coulter used to point this out repeatedly. I got so ticked at her when she had a political love affair with Christie and then endorsed Romney. It still makes me mad when I think about it.