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Originally Posted by cylon  Republicans tend to want to vote for candidates that support conservative ideals. When the person running as a republican doesn't support the ideals of the voters who are going to vote for them to represent them, sometimes they seek out someone who they feel will do a better job of representing them.
Make no mistake: voters have the right to elect candidates they feel will best represent them in Washington. That is what our nation is founded on. |
You are right there. It's just that to me at least, Hoffman is a step backwards towards the Bush Administration's version of the Republican party. The main people who support him are the radical 'Tea Party' types who want to be the new face of the Republican party. If that happens, the moderates will leave the party, and either become Democrats, or give up on politics altogether. It will leave the Republican party radicalized, marginalized, and completely unviable as an active political party.