Let's look at the results:
1976- Ford (moderate)-Dole (then more Conservative)...LOSS
1980- Reagan (Conservative)- Bush, Sr. (Moderate)...WIN
1988- Bush (Reagan's heir as conservative)- Quayle (moderate) WIN
1992- Bush (moderate after going back on his "no new taxes pledge")- Quayle (moderate) LOSS
1996- Dole (Moderate)- Kemp (supposedly Conservative) LOSS
2000- Bush, Jr. (Supposedly conservative)- Cheyney (moderate) WIN
2004- Bush, Jr. (Still supposedly conservative)- Cheyney (moderate) WIN
2008- McCain (Democrat-wannabe) - Palin (conservative) LOSS
If Cain is heading the ticket, we'll win. If he or some other conservative is backing the ticket of Mitt, we lose.
Dick Cheney, a name you are incapable of spelling, was a moderate?
1976- Ford (moderate)-Dole (then more Conservative)...LOSS
The conservative Reagan was also a big part of that choice--he DID with the Texas primary.