Politics is the art of the possible. Campus bull sessions where you play the PPG game, "President, Pope and God," are where you "apply" pure theory to the real world. I grew out of that halfway through college, 39 years ago. I recommend that you give it a try.
And don't assume you know my views generally from the specifics I post on on any FR thread. I say what I mean, and mean what I say, on the subject at hand. As other things come up, I'll address them.
I will say this: The driving force in my life is the Constitution, the people who wrote it, and the people now who are required to enforce it. That's why my first question about anyone running for President or Senate is, "What kind of judges and Justices will this person appoint or confirm?"
It's a lonely task, because most people do not think forty years down the road ahead (the life span on the bench of the average judge appointed for life). And most do not think 200 years down the road behind us. As I say when asked about my clients, "Most of my clients died 200 years ago.
In the long haul I am the best friend that any "true conservative" who believes in the Constitution, ever had. And that includes you, always, regardless of what you think of me, or say about me.
Congressman Billybob