[Vigilanteman]

When is the last time the GOP won with a liberal candidate?

Just in my lifetime:

1. Eisenhower, 1956
   
2. Nixon, 1968 and 1972
   
3. George H.W. Bush, 1988
   
4. George W. Bush, 2004 and 2004.

In fact, Reagan (1980 and 1984), was the only one which we elected against the wishes of the GOP establishment.

What a glorious eight years that was! But maybe it was because we were united behind a single conservative candidate rather than nit-picking over slight flaws of many candidates in a wide field.

[rogue yam]

But maybe it was because we were united behind a single conservative candidate rather than nit-picking over slight flaws of many candidates in a wide field.

So who is it that ran this cycle who you believe was a genuine conservative with only slight flaws?

[dfwgator]

What a glorious eight years that was! But maybe it was because we were united behind a single conservative candidate rather than nit-picking over slight flaws of many candidates in a wide field.

Reagan was clearly head and shoulders above everybody else in the field....This time around, they were all just a big gaggle of spares that were indistinguishable from each other. They picked Romney, for the same reason the pointy-headed boss in Dilbert picked the boss, "He has executive-style hair."