Quantity vs. Quality

Today at RedState I ran across a blog post by Senator John Cornyn ( Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, NRSC). It was a mass of contradictions that is so typical of the GOP leadership today. Here is an excerpt:

Some believe that we should be a monolithic Party; I disagree. While we all might wish for a Party comprised only of people who agree with us 100 percent of the time, this is a pipedream. Each Party is fundamentally a coalition of individuals rallying around core principles with some variations along the way.

This is a strawman argument if ever there was one. First of all, who Mr. Cornyn is saying the GOP needs to be a monolithic party? Most just want members who actually stand on principles especially those members at the top. I for one do not mind moderates in the party, I just mind them running the show.

Now look at this contradiction (emphasis added):

As a Party, we were stunned. Having failed to anticipate shifting national dynamics and the growing appetite for change in America, we lost critical voting constituencies including independents, Hispanics, and young voters nationwide

He then goes on a few paragraphs later to describe Marco Rubio as such:

Earlier this month, two Republicans candidates emerged for the open Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez in the Sunshine State: Marco Rubio, the young and talented Hispanic former Speaker of the state House, and Charlie Crist, the state’s popular Governor.

So we lost "Hispanic and young voters", which we must get back. However, we do have a "young and talented Hispanic candidate"! So why in Gods name does Cornyn and the NRSC support an old RINO like Charlie Crist? I will tell you why, Cornyn is playing the numbers game. Basically, what NRSC wants us conservatives to do is to sit back, shut up and vote for as many Republicans as we can, principles be damned.

This is the classic argument of quantity vs. quality. Sure, we can make up for those losses in the House and Senate. But what good would it do if on every important issue, several of them jump ship and vote with the Democrats? We had control of all three houses, but what did we do with it? Did we get Social Security reform? Did we reform the IRS? Did we shrink government and cut back spending? No, we did not and why? Because too many of our own people were clueless about conservative principles.

When the GOP rebuilds, it needs to be rebuilt with quality candidates. When the Democrats are through bringing their 40 year old wish list to life, we will need strong principled people just to bring back America to anything close to what it use to be. This certainly won't happen with a large pack of unprincipled, spineless, big government loving RINOs.

The only way the John Cornyns, McCains, Powells and Specters of the party are ever going to hear us, is when we starve them to death by withholding our cash and votes.