Tea Party conservatives
regular conservatives
right-leaning moderates
left-leaning moderates
regular moderates
Democrats
Socialist/Democrats
Marxist/Democrats
Marxists
Socialists
Anarchists
moderate Democrats
right-leaning Democrats
Independents
and
complete morons
Being a Republican president is the hardest job in the World. Reagan had to cut deals with the Democrat Congress and Bush had to compromise with both. parties to keep the finances for the WOT going. Meanwhile, the entire body of people who are against you never stops attacking.
Its lose-lose.
regular moderates
Democrats
Socialist/Democrats
Marxist/Democrats
Marxists
Socialists
Anarchists
moderate Democrats...
and
complete morons
You repeat yourself.
Being a Republican president is the hardest job in the World.
Oh, I agree it's not easy. But IMO the uneasy truce between the Rockefeller and Goldwater wings of the party has been trashed over the last two elections - by the GOP-E - after they trashed the GOP brand the last decade with their excesses. And for every critique of the GOP-E that has some merit (such as the problems we saw with O'Donnell in Delaware), you also have competely insane delusions such as the claim that Palin was detrimental towards McCain in 2008 - to the contrary, she was the one decision that gave him a shot to win.
As you said, it's hard to be a Republican. But it's even harder when you spit on the base and then turn around and demand they follow your unpopular squish of a candidate into the breach.