For the umpteenth time, let me make the major lesson of all this in this column. Politics is a rough business. Politics is a harsh business. Let me tell you how people on Capitol Hill look at loyalty. They can talk about bolting for Buchanan.
Nobody cares, and for a very good reason.
On election day, conservatives always come crawling back. And that, dear reader, is absolutely all that matters. When we are all out there marching for the flag on January 8, no one is going to care, and for a very good reason. The statewide Republican leaders, the Bob Jones alumnae fund, the Clemson Board of Directors, the Citadel Board of Directors, all of them are going to assume that it ends there, and the doglike loyalty will resume. Conservatives demand nothing.