Jeb Bush's 2016 Campaign -- What Explains Jeb Bush's Sudden Free Fall? | National Review Online

Jeb Bush's 2016 Campaign -- What Explains Jeb Bush's Sudden Free Fall? | National Review Online

It's not enough to be right on the issues. Conservative voters have already seen what happens when they elect leaders who say the right things but refuse to take personal and political risks to effect change:

"'Americans are afraid their nation is in decline; they are going to lose the country they love,' [Republican consultant Alex] Castellanos says. 'They want a leader as big as their fears. Right now, a lot of Republicans see that big leader as Trump, and no else is at the big boys' table with him.'

"Castellanos contends that until a candidate proves he is 'big enough' to do the job, nothing else matters -- not being a conservative, not being a loyal Republican, not even major policy differences. 'What good is policy or ideology if you aren't big enough to get anything done anyway?'"

RELATED: Erick Erickson writes: "If Republicans in Washington will not stop this and defund Planned Parenthood, Republican voters should take any and all action to destroy the party at the ballot box. If this party will not fight this evil, it will fight no evil and should itself die."