Yay! Jeb or Mitt! Woo hoo!
Blech.
Hey there Bob Sheiffer, in my political memory we have had the following Republican Candidates:
Reagan - Conservative - Record Electoral victory
George Herbert - Reagan’s last wave election - won
George Herbert - When the public saw he was a moderate, lost
Bob Dole - Third person moderate - lost
George W - Moderate, but won a squeeker in the electoral - Lost the popular
George W - Moderate, but won as a wartime president
McCain - Moderate who was smashed
Romney - Moderate who lost Conservative voters over his predecessor
Yep, that moderate approach is sure working well.
My fav.right nowis Dr.Ben Carson or Ted Cruz. But we do have some viable candidates even some governors who could carry the ball.
I would disagree with a detail, but not the overall message. George W was a Moderate who managed to disguise himself as a Conservative with enough people to eek out two elections.