Apparently, the GOP didn't get the message in 2006. Letting McCain, Romney, and Huckabee get this far while letting solidly conservative nominees like Thompson and Paul flounder in the wake may have been solid for mainstream political entities such as big business, but only pissed off the conservative constituency by ignoring them. The next two election years will see alot of faux republicans get replaced with democrats. 2012 should be a strong showing of solid conservative candidates.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Interesting thought. I assume that you've got Goldwater's 64 campaign in mind when you typed that. Or possibly Ford's 76 debacle?
Then again, Alan Keyes didn't do much to unite Illinois Republicans. They're still in shambles - as I'm certain you know.
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Illinois really isn't a fair state to to compare national conservatism to. Red in Illinois really means blue dog.
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