The GOP moderates will come along if the conservative wins the nomination. Until then they are welcome to support their guy just like we can support our guy. That’s why we have a primary election to ultimately decide this.
BUT in the general election.. will non-GOP independents come along and vote for a conservative? Right now I think those voters are up for grabs. Obama’s ratings among those key independents is very bad. So those voters are ripe for the picking. But they wont be automatic. The GOP will have to present a plan on how to fix unemployment, fix the budget, and fix the mortgage mess. Not sure if Cain’s ideas are going to win those voters over.
Now Reagan was a different breed. That guy even got moderate Democrats to vote for him. He was a leader, everyone trusted him, and only the far left disliked him. That type of candidate does not exist in the current GOP field.
Didn’t Reagan fight against the moderates for 15 years? He did not gain the independent/moderate votes by joining the moderates either did he?