I might add, I’m sick of “moderates” deciding elections, but we’re talking your state and mine. It gets depressing. I’m trying to learn how to count blessings.
“I might add, I’m sick of “moderates” deciding elections, but we’re talking your state and mine.”
Speaking as one of the original Reagan Democrats. (my whole family were), You don’t reach new voters by running nasty down in the mud ads. They excite the base, but turn off the voters you don’t have yet. When the ad is over, you want them to say, “dang, that’s exactly what I feel.”
Not shifting to the Center, but finding ways the Center shifts Right.
Remember Reagan was behind Carter in the polls until Regan just asked them, “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? They all had to say No. The polls shifted, and you know the rest of the story.
Come November, like it or not, those moderates are going to be needed. I hope whoever wins the GOP ticket understands that, and looks back at the Regan 1980 campaign.