Hey, that worked out so well, lets do it again.
Aaahhhh...don't ya know that the reason they lost was because the conservatives didn't vote for them? Never mind the fact that the liberals, and a majority of those confused, cowardly individuals who call themselves "independents" didn't vote for him either. It's all the conservative's fault. Simple fact is that if tacking to the middle to woo the "independents" was a winning strategy, the GOP-e would have been sitting back for the last 8 years rubbing it in conservatives faces and making fun of them mercilessly.