I believe that any of those three would have fired up the base. They may or may not have inspired as many conservatives as Palin, but they probably would have had a greater appeal to independents and some democrats. Cantor probably would have locked down Virginia and Florida and maybe a few others.
I believe that any of those three would have fired up the base. They may or may not have inspired as many conservatives as Palin, but they probably would have had a greater appeal to independents and some democrats. Cantor probably would have locked down Virginia and Florida and maybe a few others. "
We don't want to inspire democRATS, we want to inspire conservatives.
I for one am not interested in a candidate to appeal to any Democrats. To me we need a candidate that will run as a conservative and on a conservative message- and the truth of the message will fire up the conservative base. If the conservative message reaches independents and even democrats- that will be great. We just don't need any more candidates that will reach so far left they lose the conservatives. We keep trying that and it keeps failing.
Republicans keep trying to dump the conservatives and each time they think the country has moved far enough left they try it and fail. The answer is not to go left- anyone that wants to go left will vote D. We need the conservatives, need to admit that and find a candidate that will get their support. No more RINOS. I am not saying Jindal, Sanford or Cantor are RINOS- I don't know enough about them- but you presented them as appealing more to the indies and dems than Palin and that is the wrong direction.