What does it say ability the ability of Republicans to actually govern that none of the presumed front runners for 2012–Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich–actually hold office at the moment?
I’d venture that it shows that it is impossible to actually be a true blue conservative and an effective executive. Just witness the five Republican governors who attempted to turn down federal stimulus funds, and who by doing so in essence said it would be better to let people starve than betray their ideological principles.
