It Is Difficult, If Not

I Sense That Conservatives Have Largely Already Tuned Out To The Coming Elections, After Six Years Of Burgeoning Federal Spending And Inaction On Key Issues, Such As Immigration. The Republican Party Has Become The Party Of The Government Status Quo, And Conservatives See No Reason To Reward It With Their Votes.

A Critical Component Of White House Scandal Defense 101 Is Rallying The Partisan Base. This Keeps Approval Ratings In Territory Where The Wheels Don't Start Falling Off. The Way To Achieve This Goal Is You Go Negative And You Don't Let Up. If You're Always Attacking Your Accusers, The Debate Becomes One Of Democrat Vs. Republican, Rather Than Right Vs. Wrong. Anyone Who Questions The Legality Of The Decision To Wiretap Thousands Of Americans Unlawfully Is Attacked, As Either An Enabler Of Terrorists Or A Bitter Partisan Trying To Distract A President At War.

History Has Shown That Big Government Expands Quickest In The Immediate Aftermath Of A Crisis - Real Or Manufactured.

The Move To Tax Internet Sales, Clothed As A 'fairness' Issue, Is The Typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' Ploy So Often Used By Governments Unwilling To Cut Expenditures To Match Revenues. It Matters Not Whether Its Proponents Have A 'd' Or An 'r' After Their Name. It Is A Tax Increase In Either Case.

People Come Up To Me And Tell Me They Support Me Because I Never Left My Principles.