Conservatives need to seize the day

Hugh Hewitt laid down a specific agenda for conservatives to apply to the Republican Party leadership. This is my summary of it:

1. Where allowed by law, make all open primaries closed.

2. Make the states where the Republican candidate won by the smallest margin and the state where the Republican candidate lost by the smallest margin the first two states to have a Republican presidential primary.

3. Ignore Democratically-controlled dinosaur media, and use to the greatest extent talk radio, Fox, and the internet.

4. Do not let candidates compromise conservative principles to pick off moderates and undecideds. That is the path that only losing candidates have taken.

5. A positive campaign emphasizing personal liberty and limited government is a win.

If we have a repeat of 2008 and a "reach across the aisle" candidate, we repeat the loss.