To: PapaBear3625
"They have no ability to excite passion in the conservative base, and why would a liberal vote for a moderate Repub when a liberal Dem is available?"
What you are saying is that the conservative base, unless their passion is excited, will allow a liberal Dem to be elected. And the second part of your proposition suggests that a liberal would vote for other than a liberal Dem [i.e. a conservative].
59 posted on
11/09/2008 11:12:15 AM PST by
verity
("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
To: verity
What you are saying is that the conservative base, unless their passion is excited, will allow a liberal Dem to be elected. And the second part of your proposition suggests that a liberal would vote for other than a liberal Dem [i.e. a conservative]. To win, you have to get the base enthused enough to donate money, time, and energy in support of the candidate. Say what you want about Obama, he had the ability to get lots of people enthusiastically pulling for him.
A liberal-moderate will vote liberal rather than conservative-moderate. We saw that in this election.
120 posted on
11/09/2008 12:59:10 PM PST by
PapaBear3625
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