[Antoninus]

but that the middle of the road voters it takes to win have never heard of.

That's the trouble, isn't it? It's not easy to win without the mushy middle. But it's IMPOSSIBLE to win without a solid conservative base.

The trick is to keep the base solid while appealing to the middle. GW Bush was able to do that. Condi Rice, or McCain, or Giuliani wouldn't have a prayer. They'd split the base from top to bottom.

[Servant of the 9]

That's the trouble, isn't it? It's not easy to win without the mushy middle. But it's IMPOSSIBLE to win without a solid conservative base.

The trick is to keep the base solid while appealing to the middle. GW Bush was able to do that. Condi Rice, or McCain, or Giuliani wouldn't have a prayer. They'd split the base from top to bottom.

Do you really think the base will prefer Hillary?
Or see no difference?
With any of those people every conservative can find at least one important issue on which they are far better than Hillary, and that's enough reason to vote.

The base is only important if it can keep you from getting the nomination.

So9