As I've said before, I'm not a Conservative; I'm a Libertarian. I fail to understand why Conservatives lose when someone like Gorton who clearly wasn't a Conservative loses. The ruling class of the GOP has bamboozled Conservatives for over 40 years now into thinking that your fate and theirs are tied together. They have convinced you that you have to accept their parasitic presence in exchange for political power. But power to do what? To enforce the Constitution? No... to advance their agenda. Piece by piece is fine with them. They have the money and the time to outlast citizen activists so they can play this game forever. Conservatives, Libertarians and Constitutionalists do not. We can't beat them playing their game by their rules. Compromise is a one-way street. It always works to the advantage of the powerful because they can afford to give away more since they A) Have more to begin with; and B) Can always steal more (through more taxes and regulations) when they run low.