We did not try... we have been giving away voters for years.
Are you saying that McCain did not try to appeal to a "broader base" during our recent joke of a campaign?
I prefer to think of it as "we have been purging our party of liberal poison" for years.
If only it were true.
Really? Let's see...until November 2006, Republicans (not necessarily just conservatives) had control of House & Senate, majority of Governors and State Houses. The past 2 years, we have allowed the MSM and the hysterical liberal fringe dominate the agenda and we did not defend our turf...instead the (R) leadership tried to do exactly what you recommend...it's like making a truce with Hamas. A joke, and no win possible.
We have to defeat liberalism with our ideas, be leaders in setting the agenda, and that will attract more young people as they move upward on the economic ladder...just like 28 years ago and 56 years ago and early 1900's, etc.