Yes, W is really more of a moderate. But my premise still stands. Conservatives win. Moderates Pubbies generally lose, and when they do win, it's a squeaker. Bush won because he talked like a conservative and a lot of us bought it.
Hillary! has been positioning herself as a moderate Dim. Around here we know better but the soccer moms will buy it. If Rudy runs against Hillary, Hillary will win.
Let's run a real conservative and stop screwing around with courting the Rockefeller wing.
One other thing must be understood about Hillary. If in a venue say of young Republicans she can talk as Conservative as anyone in the GOP. I remember about 6-12 months ago reading a thread where she spoke at a conservative college. Everybody was busy flaming her but nobody read the speech. If they did they could understand just how quick she can run to the right of most GOP moderates like Bill did and win. I know she's liberal but she can also be whatever her setting at that time calls for.