That’s where you are wrong. It’s the “knife fight” mentality that is shrinking the Republican party. Reagan won a landslide by wooing Reagan Democrats and independents. It might be possible to win with just Republicans and independents. But McCain CANNOT win with just the most rabid corner of the Republican party.
Over there, they’re talking about “Obama Republicans,” I kid you not.
Hell, maybe you are right. Maybe it is a knife fight, for the soul of the Republican Party. There are two Republicans on Mount Rushmore, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. That’s what I want the Republican Party to be, not what Bush has made it. That’s why we have a maverick running on a platform of change.
And I said this on another post, maybe you missed it: check the polls. When McCain said, “Calm down,” and acted presidential, his poll numbers went UP.
Your second mistake.