After an unremarkable four-year term, we have seen what happens when a Republican governor refuses to take a no-new-taxes pledge, and then, not surprisingly, raises taxes (and morphs into a social conservative and runs full time for president instead of governing.) A Democrat wins.And what happens if someone like him or a pro-choice gun-grabbing former mayor runs for president? A Democrat wins.
Try telling that to the resurgent Rockefeller wing of the party.