[outofsalt]

"emotionalist nationalistic populism will have officially supplanted principled, policy-driven, limited-government conservatism"

Yep! Even here on FR. Sad...

[heights]

And what has,”principled, policy-driven, limited-government conservatism”, achieved in the last thirty years? ZERO

[Waryone]

"emotionalist [pissed off at government] nationalistic populism will have officially supplanted [un]principled, policy [crony]-driven, [un]limited-government conservatism"

Now it's the truth.

[kabar]

The Dems have won the popular vote five out of the last six elections with Obama winning the two highest vote totals in American history. Thanks to demographics fueled by immigration and minority birthrates, the Dems are well on their way to becoming the permanent majority party. What exactly is wrong with Reps using emotion, nationalism, and populism?

We have a Rep controlled Congress that has given Obama everything he wants. We have most of the RINOs claiming to be conservatives at election time. Real conservatives in the GOP are a distinct minority. The GOPe is firmly in control. Cruz is not as conservative as he claims to be. He has flip-flopped on immigration and a number of other issues.

If the GOP loses in 2016, it is the end of the party and the country as we know it.

[Williams]

There is nothing emotionalistic about his policies.