[kabar]

I think the GOP has been taken over by political consultants who put the candidates into straitjackets. They come across as programmed and plain vanilla. They are afraid to express their real opinions. Everything is poll or focus group tested. One reason that Christie has some popularity is that he at least, appearance wise, does not seem to fear saying what he thinks even it offends someone. Ted Cruz is more outspoken than the usual GOP politician. It is refreshing.

When you keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result, you are insane. Time to follow folks like Jeff Sessions (running unopposed this year) and Dave Brat.

Over a year ago, I had about a 45 minute one on one briefing session with Eric Cantor on the issue of immigration replete with charts and a briefing book. I said most of the things I have written here many times including reducing legal immigration. At the end, I asked him that if these immigrants were voting Rep instead of Democrat, would the Democrats allow immigrants to come into the country at over a million a year. He laughed and said, "No way." So why are we?

Phyllis Schlafly's 48 page Report, How Mass (Legal) Immigration Dooms a Conservative Republican Party is a good overview of immigration's electoral impact. It is worth the read.

[rodguy911]

I have no doubt that unchecked immigration is our deathnell.I'm just tired of doing things that lose elections over and over.

You are right Chris Christie does not give much of a dam nor does the base about him.That doesn't mean however that we don't have some really good candidates out there. We have Palin,Cruz even the good doctor and others.

As far as the GOP tying hands,Chris McDaniel in Mississippi is proving right now that we still have astounding patriots out there who are willing to do it all to win righteous fights.