We lost in 1992, 1996, and 2008. Insist on too far right and we will lose in 2012. And we are losing states which used to be red, then purple.
You think we lost in 2008 because McCain was "too far right"?
1992 - GHWB
1996 - Bob Dole
2008 - John McCain.
Yep, conservativism never loses.
And we are losing states which used to be red, then purple.
Which explains the 2010 elections including downstate races, Michigan going solid red and the WI judicial elections.
1992 was when Bush Sr. gave up on campaigning; the harshest he could muster against Clinton was the tepid "Wouldn't be...prudent."
1996 was Bob Dole's turn.
2008 was when the Romney moles in McCain's campaign sabotaged Sarah, and McCain said in public of Obama, "Don't be afraid to have this man as your President."
Sniff, sniff;
You have it backwards. Do you realize who our candidates were those years? George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole and John McCain. Not exactly bastions of conservatism.
U R insane.
States which turned purple in the face of:
a. A manufactured financial crisis.
b. The "First Black President".
c. A feckless opponent who regularly insulted his base, the GOPs worst candidate since Alf Landon.
d. A full-bore media onslaught.
Only one of those conditions will repeat in 2012...and "The First Black President" will have proven himself an abject failure.
Purple turns red again...
Yes we did, because we ran RINOs.
Insist on too far right and we will lose in 2012.
WRONG. Remember the 2010 midterm elections, and get a clue. A plurality of Americans are conservative, and WANT the country to swing hard right, after the disastrous left-wing destruction of the last two decades - and especially the last three years.
Reagan was dead right. Conservatism wins, every time it's tried.