This is a rerun of every election.
Social conservatives get incorrectly blamed for all losses.
McCain is a socially liberal Neocon RINO and he lost because no one likes him.
The Republican Party needs to return to principle and give people concrete reasons to vote Republican instead of just the usual “Democrats are worse” line.
There’s a reason to click for the editorial sidebar. This was one of them.
I like the point he made at the end - the trick is to find a candidate who can move the center to your side, rather than to move the candidate toward the “incoherent” center.
The author is wrong. Obama ran to the right of McCain on economic issues.
If your goal is personal power, this might be the way to go.