[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

[Antoninus]

Do you really think the base will prefer Hillary? Or see no difference?

The base needs a reason to come out and vote. Hillary, despised though she may be, is not enough of a reason if the GOP puts a crypto-socialist, pro-abortion RINO against her. That's what she's banking on and that's why the old media has been so active pushing such candidates to the fore.

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

Ask George H. W. Bush that question....

[Coop]

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

GW Bush's base is what prevented you and I from suffering through a President Kerry.