Needing votes to govern is a double-edged sword. I want Republicans to have my vote and all of the other conservative votes in America. But, if and only if, they will subscribe to and support the Contract with Congress. Are you afraid to ask your Republican candidates to support the Contract with Congress? Are you afraid that the candidate might refuse? If you understand and value the Constitution, if you have any appreciation at all for the freedom we once enjoyed but have now lost, if you know or understand what Democrats have done in destroying private property rights, if you know or appreciate how much wealth politicians including most elected Republicans today are stripping from your family and giving away to other voters only for the purpose of ensuring their own re-election, how can you with a clear conscience support the election of such a candidate.
America can change; but it will not if we do not demand it from Republican Candidates now and in every subsequent election. There are only going to be seven more elections held in the United States. The fourth election will be in 2008. After that it will not matter who wins or by how much, it will be too late to put our financial house in order. Every democracy in history has ended in bankruptcy. When the people learn they can raid the treasury and vote themselves benefits, bankruptcy is inevitable. It is happening here and now in the United States. Our clock will run out sometime between 2012 and 2016, unless we demand that all Republicans that want to win cater to the conservative wing of the Republican Party.
The only elections that Republicans have won and that mattered in the over all scope of preserving freedom were the elections where Republicans catered to the conservative wing. Maybe that would not be a bad thing now or in every other future election. The Republican won/loss record is not very good when they try to compete for liberal or "moderate" votes. I have been an active participant in every election since 1960 and Republican almost always lose when they ignore conservatives.
The old rules of etiquette are that you dance with the date that brung you, or you may not dance at all and your dating days could be over.