The liberal establishment has more power in choosing the Republican presidential candidate than the conservative base or the Tea Party movement The liberal, establishment media choose which Republican presidential primary candidates will be slandered - claiming awards and adulation for each scalp collected - and which will be promoted (of course, never intending to vote for their less-evil Republican in the November general election) The liberal, establishment media choose which issues will be considered and which will be ignored throughout the Republican primary The liberal, establishment media define the terms of debate for the primary The liberal, establishment media scalp collectors themselves exacerbate (you certainly can't claim that liberals "moderate" anything) the Republican debates Early primary states encourage crossover Democrats and independents to vote in their open and semi-open Republican primaries, to choose the Republican victor for those states. Most states are...(Read Full Post)