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I am not really a fan of the “don’t run someone so conservative they offend the masses” theory,

Since you made that up, care to explain it? I know that you moderates blocked the two term California Governor from the Presidency aqainst Nixon, and then against Ford in 1976, and then we conservatives managed to get past you in 1980, it worked out pretty well.

You got your way again with HW Bush, Bob Dole, and John McCain, now you have Romney or Santorum fighting for the safe moderate position, since you guys fought a battle to the death against Palin for 3 years.

You reveal yourself when you denigrate the historical move to the right that Gingrich helped orchestrate in the 1990s, a pay off of many, many years of his behind the scenes strategies, and actions, even the manipulating of cable TV.

Gingrich had great success with the Contract with America, the man that Santorum wanted to be President in 2008 was against it of course.

I am not really a fan of the “don’t run someone so conservative they offend the masses” theory,

Since you made that up, care to explain it?

I’m confused a little here. I do *not* support the position that states we should not run someone so conservative they offend the masses.
Whenever someone runs as a strongly conservative candidate, they win, because the majority of people in this country are conservative.
The contract with America was a winning position for this reason. The fizzle and aisle crossing and all that were not winning positions, because they then tried to make nice with the people whose numbers were insufficient to keep them out of office in the first place, and would never have voted for them no matter how nice they played - the only result of that was the loss of respect from their base.