I take Reagan as my model. Lectures from you are not needed. In order to win, you must not sound threatening to crucial demographics. Reagan kept it simple: “Government is the problem.” You weaken the candidate you support by encouraging him to say stuff that won’t fly in the general election even among dyed-in-the-blue Republicans. The notion that a President can simply ignore SC decisions cuts both ways. We have had a liberal court since the 1960s. The way to reverse this is by appointing solid conservative judges (many of the liberal judicial appointments were made by Republican presidents (think Earl Warren, Harry Blackmun of Roe v. Wade fame, Souter, and even Kennedy by Reagan) or by impeachment.
No one here is supporting Romney but why he leads in some polls is that in spite of his moderate-liberal views, he is seen as a steady hand, something that is re-assuring to a vast swath of the voting public. Newt’s has super conservative principles but he needs self-discipline and not, in addition to some heavy baggage he carries (Freedie Mac/Global warming) provide free fodder to the Obama campaign. Why is this so difficult to many of these FReepers here to grasp? Shouldn’t the campaign be about Obama and not our candidate?
I take Reagan (Bob Dole, Gerald Ford, John McCain, George HW Bush, Mitt Romney) as my model.
There, fixed it.