In the case of yesterday - a Liberal Democrat lost to a Marxist.
It’s not so simple for these reasons:
1) tough on illegals (compare with McCain and Perry) and that turns off hispanics
2) “47%” was the fiscal version of Akin’s comments
3) hard to be against unions and auto bailouts in Ohio
4) a libertarian stand on FEMA doesn’t help after Sandy
But if Romney was more conservative on the issue that counts, Romneycare, he probably wouldn’t have to prove his credentials with these edge cases.
Appealing to all those liberal ‘big tent’ factions guarantees permanent mediocrity and forever losses at the polls to the party of liberal/Socialist/Marxists.
Scripture says ‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).
We’re a house hopelessly divided, and the curses of Deuteronomy 28 are just beginning.