[DakotaRed]

I believe this is going to be the trend nationwide. Strong conservatives were cast aside in favor of moderates and the base just isn’t energized.

The complacency of the right will hand the country to socialism. The GOP marching left will help.

[Moral Hazard]

“Strong conservatives were cast aside in favor of moderates and the base just isn’t energized.”

Well, Iowa had a chance to pick a solid conservative, and instead fell for Mike Huckabee’s religious snake oil, while fatally damaging the campaign of the best conservative in the race, Fred Thompson. Ultimately, I believe, Iowa is to blame.

[alicewonders]

Strong conservatives were cast aside in favor of moderates and the base just isn’t energized.

Yeah, and the irony is that they'll blame the base when they lose.