The Conservative movement is looking for a Messiah. This person must be 100 % conservative and he/she must please the following people completely: Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and the staff at Newsmax. Plus this conservative Messiah needs to have been pure and wholly conservative from conception. There is no room today for a person to move toward Conservative from a more liberal position. All such persons are immediately suspect and to be opposed by every true Conservative.
Such a Conservative Messiah will be a perfect combination of Rubio, Gingrich,Santorum,Perry,Daniels, and sadly, a plethora of “other than Romney” types. It is incredible that such intelligent people cannot see through the fog of their mythical dreams and wishful thinking. Rather, they persist in fighting forcefully against a Romney victory, albeit, professing otherwise. Steve Hayes on Fox News panel even went so far as to suggest that if this Conservative Messiah is not found in time that Conservatives may just stay home and not even vote. Such a suggestion that Conservatives may stay home and pout instead of engaging in the public election is evidence of a sadly myopic concept of Conservatism.
The above comments are the way I am seeing it these days, whether it is Steve Hayes on Fox News panel, or any other self-proclaimed conservative blue blood who is speaking. All are convinced that somewhere there is a Conservative Messiah who will magically appear and save the Republican party from Governor Mitt Romney.
The Conservative movement within the Republican party, and the populist movement called the Tea party, will sink the Republican party before it gets to the election. Why? Because the rhetoric of the Conservatives is divisive of Republican party unity and no last moment rally to the flag will undo the months of consistent and persistent Conservative punditry against Romney. Indeed, it seems from my side line view that Romney’s success is itself enough to turn the Conservative radio commentators into frontrunners for Obama.
Granted, a writer must take the speck out of his own eye before he attempts to take the log out of his neighbors eye, and it is that spirit that I offer this personal viewpoint.
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