[massmike]

In Massachusetts,we had a GOP chairman that declared the state GOP would avoid social issues,then ran a candidate for governor(Charlie Baker) who proudly proclaimed he was to the left of Obama on social issues,marched in gay pride parades,and boasted how his brother was "married" to another man! His running mate (Richard Tisei)was an open homosexual who co-authored the transsexual bathroom bill.Scott Brown ran ads boasting how he was proud to support Planned Parenthood and voted to repeal DADT!

Guess what happened?

They all LOST!!!!!

The lesson? You don't win elections by driving away a third of your conservative base by brown-nosing people that will NEVER vote for you anyway!

[ClearCase_guy]

They all LOST!!!!!

Yup. And the opposition's ads were very instructive. Scott Brown? Richard Tisei? Charlie Baker? Those guys were scary, scary, radical rightwingers! I mean, they were so rightwing, it was crazy!! American didn't need that kind of extremism at a time like this!!!!

Which is why Deval Patrick, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Tierney won their races.

The Left does NOT recognize any attempt to compromise by the right. It's just a sign of weakness; a signal that the GOP has no principles for which it will fight.