Secondly, the Democrat party is extremely left wing, and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence with republicans. If republicans continue the leftward motion of the party, they will lose their base of conservative followers.
Leftist ideas and liberal "I'm a constant victom" mentality is ruining this fine country. What made U.S. great is old fashioned hard work, and basic Christian values, and that is all we need to sustain us.
See reply #34.
I don't think that the Republican leadership is "pandering" to moderates, I think it is paying them lip-service. Once Bush is reelected they can work on satisfying their base.
You are right though, they do have risk alienating the base. This just means they are walking the election year tight-rope right now. Since there are only two real meaningful parties any split is disasterous and the Republicans know this. They won't move too far to the left, because they don't want another Ross Perot spoiling things. Just as the Dems won't move too far to the right and risk another Nader taking votes.
All I'm trying to say is that I wouldn't worry that the Republican party is moving too far to the left. After election day there won't be any more need to appease moderates for another four years.