Agreed, but if they nominate a real social conservative, they lose moderate urban and suburban voters. Darned if you do, darned if you don't.
Nah, if those people really care about being pro-abortion and stuff they're voting Democrat. They want government to be effective, efficient, and shut the hell up while doing it. Pragmatism is the way to reach them. Common sense solutions. If we really believe we have conservative solutions to problems of government, we should be able to sell them to the middle.