[dmz]

And why do we want to “attract independents and moderates” anyway? That’s what caused the defeat in the last election.
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Attracting independents and moderates caused the defeat in the last election? Doesn’t that sort of defy logic? Attracting additional voters of any ilk increases the vote count.

What am I missing? The GOP attracted moderates and independents and lost. Would that not suggest that the GOP would have lost even bigger without attracting independents and moderates?

The so-called base, by itself, does not command the numbers to win without others joining in. Some of those folks are moderates and independents. Seems counter productive to weed them out.

[cripplecreek]

Some of those folks are moderates and independents. Seems counter productive to weed them out.

As opposed to weeding out the base?

[sauropod]

What you are missing is that “independents and moderates” and the Rockefeller Republicans put Juan McCain in place. We had better candidates than him.