"In fact, it was North Carolina Republicans' reluctance to assert their own state sovereignty that led to so many of the defeats they experienced." Exactly. NC Republicans are typical 'conservatives' in that they are oblivious that we are in a war with the Left and there are only two outcomes: 1) submit to the Left and the destruction of Western Civlization, 2) defeat and destroy the Left. NC Republicans can't win until they start fighting.