[Mozilla]

Romney needs to embrace conservatives. He is not "severely conservative". He is to the left. I hope he does embrace the base.

[frogjerk]

Going to the middle works every time for a conservative, right?

[GeronL]

Abandoning conservatives could lose him a race that a ham sandwich could win.

[Cicero]

The question at issue is, how far to the left should he move BEFORE the election. AFTER the election, he can do whatever the hell he wants. No need to worry about those damned conservatives THEN.

[YHAOS]

Romney needs to stop fearing the radical left.

[Uncle Chip]

the Republican nominee needs to get more specific and to “stop fearing [the] far right” abandoning him if he makes a play for the middle because they have “nowhere else to go.”

Sure they do -- they will vote for everybody else on the ticket but him or just stay home.

[svcw]

Romney does not fear the right (conservatives), he doesn’t care diddly squat about conservatism, and doesn’t give them a second thought.

[Just mythoughts]

Just how pliable is old Romney. Apparently he has absolutely NO core values.

[Responsibility2nd]

I guess Mittens figures us Far Right Wingers as the equivalent of blacks to the Rat party.

Both groups grumble about life on the plantation. But we both fall in line when election day comes around.

[ilgipper]

It is remarkable a man as brilliantly successful as Murdock, who has general rightward leanings, could be so disastrously incorrect. How does one differentiate themselves with Obama if they stake out middle positions. Obama has already draped his far leftist views with moderate words. That ground is taken.

A strong conservative platform works every time it is tried. That is how guys like Walker, Ryan, and Ron Johnson win in Wisconsin, how Rubio won in Florida, and how Christie, McDonnell, and Brown all won in early 2010. It does not mean being a wild far right flame thrower, but to point out the real problems people are facing and providing clear alternatives through conservative solutions.

[Hilda]

“Nowhere else to go.”

An open admission that we are to be taken for granted.

[deadrock]

Constitutionalists equals "far right." Or is he calling Freepers Nazis?

Ignoring conservatives is Romney's strong suit, what the heck is he talking about?

[roses of sharon]

More agitprop....to blame Romney’s loss on the “far right”, meaning THE REAL AMERICANS.

[Christie at the beach]

I am severely offended.

Not surprised in the least of how RM thinks of the average patriotic American.

[Washi]

...because they have “nowhere else to go.”

I hope nobody here is surprised that this is, and has been the predominant GOP attitude for a long time.

It's why Romney is the nominee in the first place.

It's why we will continue to get such squishy candidates.

The GOP has no respect for conservatives.

[ex91B10]

Willard isn't afraid of the "far right" as he knows we'll vote for him simply because "he isn't the kenyan".

The Kenyan must go.