[aruanan]

He will get ZERO independents and ZERO moderate Democrats.

If you think the key to a Republican win is in getting "independents" and "moderate Democrats" to cross over and not conservatives to turn out to vote, you are sadly mistaken.

[GOP_Lady]

Right. They’ll vote dem anyway. That’s what this whole thing about McCain as the GOP nominee is all about.

[tlb]

>>>If you think the key to a Republican win is in getting “independents” and “moderate Democrats” to cross over and not conservatives to turn out to vote, you are sadly mistaken.

No, he is not mistaken. Republicans amount to roughly a third of the electorate. Democrats a third and independents a third. One third of the vote doesn’t win. Period.

At election time you get a portion of the center or you become irrelevant. However the crackpot fringe on FR seems to favor the latter position.

[Mr. Brightside]

If you think the key to a Republican win is in getting "independents" and "moderate Democrats" to cross over and not conservatives to turn out to vote, you are sadly mistaken.

You never heard of Reagan democrats?