[Tarpon]

Because McCain's plan of running from the center, being in the center and attracting moderates, Democrat lite if you will, was a spectacular failure from the start. Reaching across the aisle as a campaign strategy is now proved as the world's biggest loser.

Ronald Reagan showed the way to win, crystal clear conservatism, attract the center to your side. Of course, you have to be conservative to have any chance of that strategy working in the first place.

[Jim Robinson]

You know what Democrats call Republicans who reach across the aisle?

Sucker!

[sickoflibs]

RE “plan of running from the center,:

He went ‘right’ in summer on drilling and started beating BoB. But in September he tried that reformer not republican work with democrat crap and it was a disaster. So in October he went purely negative and claimed that he was against the bailout bill in september, which everyone knew was crap. Now going negative was great, it was key to next year for us. But by october he had already flipped all over the place and had no believable positive message required to win that last 4 %. I do thank him for going negative, key to opposition in 2009. Thank you (seriously)

[little jeremiah]

Exactly so and well said.