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Originally Posted by Tex
I will be stunned if the party nominates McCain. It will indicate a fundamental shift of the party away from conservative values.
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Looks like conservative commentator Paul Mirengoff feels the same way.
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To the extent that a skewed caucus process in one state can produce a loser, last night that loser was mainstream conservatism. That's because the only two major Republican candidates who take mainstream conservative positions across-the-board both fell short of expectations.
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Meaning Romney and Thompson. I find that I'm really missing guys like George Allen and Rick Santorum this morning. Perhaps the real story of 2006 is not the retake of the House and Senate by the Dems, but the taking out at the knees several strong conservative Presidential candidates.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archive.../01/019450.php
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