The Patriot Post® · To Win the White House, the Infighting Must Stop

Michael Reagan: “When my father ran in the 1980 primaries he was lucky. He was a lone conservative in a sea of moderate and liberal Republicans. The moderates split the moderate vote and he won the nomination. Today the situation is reversed. Conservatives are splitting the conservative vote in the primaries and moderates like McCain and Romney are winning the GOP nomination. Conservatives better watch out. If what happened in ‘08 and '12 happens in '16, we are going to blow our chance to regain the White House once again. … When I tweeted that Cruz said something I agreed with in his speech, I got a flurry of tweets from Rand Paul people. 'Why do you hate Rand Paul?’ When I tweeted something nice about Rand Paul, I got a flurry of tweets from Cruz’s people. ‘Why do you hate Ted Cruz?’ This is one of the worst problems with conservatives. Liberals are led by ideology and they’ll always support their nominee in the general election because of that. … [N]o matter who Republicans nominate, to win back the White House they’ll all have to follow my father’s 11th Commandment and fully support their party’s presidential nominee – no matter who it is.”