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The first time he ran Reagan was a sitting governor already identified as a conservative leader, in his second run he was only months out of his second term as Governor of California, and he almost knocked off a sitting president as the counting went on after midnight "Ford prevailed with 1,187 delegates to Reagan's 1,070".
It was during Reagan's third run that Romney left the GOP, eventually to become a democrat supporter, fund raiser, and even voter.
That may be true, all that you said, however, it took Ronald Reagan 3 times at the bat to hit the home run. Three times, for whatever reasons. So, it can be done, by anyone.
“Our base is not big enough to win national elections and we have to reach out to new people, and that means African-Americans, Hispanics, young people, single women,” Paul told The Washington Post.”
Bullcrap!!!! If any Republican candidate acted like Palin or Cruz, they would get 100% of the base and that would be enough to get over the hump. In addition, since many are values voters, the squish lose voters because they stand for nothing.
Conservatives stand for something and that’s why independents and blue collar Democrats vote for them. The Reagan Democrats re alive and well. We just need the right candidate to get to them.
AND IT ISN’T ROMNEY OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE GOPe.