[muawiyah]

If you won over all the "moderate democrats" and all the "moderate moderates" and the "moderate independents" and the "moderate republicans" you'd have about 15% of the vote and your opponent would have 85%.

For all practical purposes there are NO moderates. Never have been. Never will be.

[TexasFreeper2009]

yep, I agree there are no moderates, only people who can be persuaded to vote for either party by someone compelling.

And Romney like McCain, Dole, and a long list of losers is anything but compelling. Boring and dull come to mind.

[muleskinner]

Who cares about moderates, it’s Independents that count. They are about 30% of the population, according to Rassmuseen. They’ve called 15,000/month since 2009 for the survey.