Conservatives have to allow our candidates to run as “moderates” in places like the Northeast, Western California and now Northern VA.
By “moderate” I mean allow them to essentially ignore social wedge issues for the general election in these areas.
IMHO, you missed the show. They knocked off mostly RINOs in the Northeast with more liberal rats starting in 2006. In the rest of the country, the rats moved to the right running pro Second Amendment and prolife candidates like Casey in PA.
I agree with that. The Dems have become smart in that regard, running pro 2A people like Heath Shuler in certain areas.
Which is exactly my point. In the Northeast we need more people like Peter Schiff to run, those who are intelligent on economic and fiscal issues and really don’t carry the “baggage” (as it is seen in the northeast) on social issues