Actually it is the Social Conservatives that make the GOP consistently less attractive. I would postulate that there are actually very few hard core liberals out there who really support what the RATS are doing.
It is the SC's who scare away the moderates with their Taliban rhetoric. Without the SC's providing RATS ammunition to scare the moderates (most of America) the Republican party would sit squarely in the middle with the lunatic fringes to the left and right.
Sometimes having a larger tent means making it uncomfortable for those who liked their company small and their thiking rigid.
AMEN!!!!!!
That kind of comment is just as stupid as someone staying home because Bush didn't do exactly what they want.