On the realistic side, not all country club establishment RINOs will lose a primary fight – but sometimes the mere threat of a potential loss and the extra energy, time, and money spent in order to ward off that loss can send a message – vote conservative or be prepared to defend your seat against someone who will.

Recent rounds in the primary wars have been going to conservative challengers over RINO incumbents; so let them be afraid…be very afraid.

Their self serving desire to remain in power is so strong that they have come to accept the need for big government as the source of their power every bit as much as it is the Democrats power. Consequently it is a “go along to get along world ” of the DC BELTWAY that is most important to the long term entrenched RINO establishment.

The election of 2010 brought some new ideas and a fresh crop of conservative Republican Representatives to Congress.
Whether Romney wins or not it will be critical to elect many more conservative REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ( there are still some) to achieve the Conservative’s desire to reduce the drive to increase debt and taxes and the advance of socialism. Otherwise the remaining RINO and Radical LIBERAL Democrats will continue to have significant influence.
Romney is an establshment Republican even if not a full fledged RINO. .Continuing the advance of “big government” and the “entitlements” and “buracracy” that goes with it will perhaps slow a little but it can’t be reversed if there is not a strong conservative leadership in Congress. Senate and House today do not have strong conservative leaders.

Conservatives must work exremely effectively till the Election of 2012 produces a more Conservative Congress and a Republican President who will be pushed to reverse course not merely slow it down. We need a drive to private enterprise growth in our economy and a reduction in the reach of governemt and its cost. “Compromise” won’t do it!! Only dramatic victories by Conservatives will produce significant results.

Then the media that has carried water for Obama all these years will suddenly hype the still bad economy and succeed in putting the blame on republicans.

But perhaps the biggest fear is that both of those scenarios are the most likely to happen.

Optimism? No. Desperation is all that many of us have left.

Obama gets on the airwaves every time the debt ceiling comes up and the first threats he voices is…cutting off Social Security, Medicare and Military Pay/Health Plans. He never, ever talks about Welfare, student loans, money going to Illegals, his salary and those of Congress and their staffers. He never cuts vacations…in fact…they become more lavish every time the debt ceiling comes up.

Who has become the BIGGEST VOTING BLOCK in the USA? Seniors and many of them, unfortunately did not budget for this. We can’t afford not to pay our Military…or their families…they live on money that, I figure, is less than Welfare.

This administration and, for that matter, the Republican RINOS want to keep BIG GOVERNMENT going. They want their perks and when we squawk about it…they threaten.

So…we can shut down the government…OK … let’s cut some of these programs….let’s get rid of departments that eat our revenue…but WHO in the current Congress has the courage to do that. My answer…probably nobody…and if that person did have a following…HOW many would back he/she?

If only we had a leader in the WH who is interested in the country rather than his power and control.

Want to cut a program? Start with the Department of Energy. We don’t need the Department of Education either…let the states have it. There are too many chiefs and not enough indians…this government is TOP HEAVY.

We really need to start thinking about term limits and reducing K-street and miscreants like Tren Lott.

Fight the power.

2) On the other hand, some kind of Newt Gingrich-style over-reach could be fatal.

Have reasonable arguments and point out that you can’t solve a debt crisis with more debt, as hosueholds tried to during the “Re-fi Economy.”

But now it is apparent that a) the SCUM and liberals dont stand a chance when conservatives become politicallyactive and engaged, and b) no one with a brain is buying that BS about class warfare. So in my mind, now is the time to enage these clowns and stake a position. That requires leadership with conviction of principles but clearly the present leadership in the GOP has neither.

If DeMint, et al want to be the leaders (and I could go along with that at this point), now is the time to step up and be heard.