Yet the GOP keeps trying it.
They go left, and mean it, and lose.
The dems go right and don't mean it, and win.
Democrats will vote for a leftist/liberal dem every time instead of a dem-lite.
The GOP just doesn't get it, or are in the pocket of the leftists.
The ironic thing is that going right works for the Dems, whether they mean it or not, because the vast majority in this country are somewhere right of center.
The big mushy middle would prefer to go somewhat right but above that they are looking for someone who isn't BSing them. When they see a RINO double-back for votes they go for the lefty because they haven't tried to play both sides.
You could respond that 0bambi talks out of both sides of his mouth but he was such an unknown quantity at the time of the election that you couldn't pin flip-flopping on him. He had no record.