The elections of 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1960, 1964 and 1976 all proved “decisively” that conservatives could never win again. If we had only listened to Nelson Rockefeller....
Ann Coulter makes the same point again and again. Flimsy conservatives run to the left and cry when an election is in jeopardy then they lose that election.
Stay conservative and win. History proves it as you point out.