Many of us were born conservative.   We look upon our heritage with pride and we wish to preserve not only the laws but the mores and the traditions of this great land.   Others found their way to conservatism only after traveling through a period of liberal idealism, maturation and reflection upon those liberal ideas and the realization that they could not work.  More importantly those liberal ideas are counter to the ideals we have always thought to be American. 

On Tuesday Christine O'Donnell won the GOP primary in Delaware by garnering 53.1% of the vote.  She defeated Congressman Mike Castle who was at one time the odds on favorite to win both the primary and the general election.

As I listened to some of the pundits on Tuesday evening I heard defeat in their remarks.   "O'Donnell cannot win the general election."   "We have lost our chances of assuming control of the Senate in November because of the Tea Party intrusion upon this election."  

Is there anything that we conservatives should be more tired of than to hear other Republicans admit defeat 50 days before a general election?   Could such a statement not become a self-fulfilling prophecy if Republicans refuse to support the GOP candidate elected by Republicans in Delaware?    Personally, I am sick of it.    Republicans have always found a way to shoot themselves in the foot and prevent themselves from winning elections.   One must ask, does the Republican establishment want conservative candidates to win or are we upsetting the balance of power in the GOP?   Which is more important, the public policy debate or who controls the Republican Party?

Witness Alaska, Utah, Kentucky, South Carolina, Nevada and Florida where Republican candidates appear to be flourishing not because of the GOP elite but because of the Tea Party movement and because of conservatives who have grown tired of the Republicans-In-Name-Only who win elections only to support or compromise with Democrat causes in Washington.   If we want our representatives to vote with the Democrats, we'd simply vote for the Democrat.  Yes, I would like to have Republicans in leadership positions but not if they are going to compromise with Democrats on these matters of public policy.    News flash:   We do not vote for Republicans simply to gain a majority at the seat of power in Washington.   We want to impact public policy.   If voting Republican doesn't move public policy in a direction of traditional values and constitutionalism then why vote for the Republican?  

I was tremendously disappointed in Karl Rove on Tuesday evening when he attacked the Republican winner in Delaware.   If we take this script to its extreme it would go something like this:  "She can't win."  "She once did this."  "She once said this."  "She has had financial difficulties."  Then, come the day of the election these very same people will announce vindication when she doesn't win.   "See, we said she couldn't win."  

We are pushing candidates forward who demonstrate strict adherence to the Constitution and to conservative principles.   If the GOP is serious about wishing to take control of the reins of government from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid then each candidate needs to be given a chance.   The last thing we need is a sniping Republican chorus of persons who are disappointed that their candidate did not win.