Are we winning the school boards? Are winning the County Clerks? Are we winning the City Councils? Are we winning the party caucus meetings? Don’t over sell your importance until you have the balls or the hearts of the populace in your hand. It is unlikely that conservatives will win everything in one election cycle. Those who choose to give up and try to teach the establishment by not voting or voting for loosing candidates only serve to make the conservatives weaker. Elections are won only when enough people are convinced of the efficacy of your candidate and by force of the system, you impose your beliefs on enough voters to win. If you watch the true history of the left, that’s exactly what they have been doing for over 90 years.
I disagree. Allowing someone to get away with portraying you as "RACIST!!!" makes the conservative movement weaker. If McConnell gets away with it this election cycle, it will encourage others to use the same tactic in the next election cycle. Instead of having one race where the Tea Party is being accused of Racism, we will have a dozen.
How will that improve our chances of reforming the government?
It won't. By taking out someone who attempted that tactic, we send a message that we are a force not to be trifled with. By actually cutting off a head, and demonstrating that we are willing to do so, we convince others that we are determined, and will not shirk our responsibility. When you step on us, we bite.
Proving we bite makes people respect us, and that gives us far more political strength than rolling over for more such abuse.