[grania]

I thought the evidence was that in 2008 and 2012, dems had large numbers of primary voters, while the Republican voter numbers were way down. That's hardly evidence of a crossover. Besides that, in 2008 dems had to stay in their own primaries because of Obama vs hillary.

As far as Romney goes? He was awesomely powerful and convincing when he was running against conservatives in the Republican primaries. Then he threw the election to Obama.

[ConservingFreedom]

"Mr. McCain, who already wrapped up the Republican nomination, likes to point out that he draws strong support from members of the other party. In Michigan’s voting, on Jan. 15, some 10 percent of those who voted in the GOP primary were Democrats, and Mr. McCain won half of those votes. A December poll in Nevada showed Mr. McCain drawing 17 percent of Democrats." - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/7/mccain-leads-in-crossover-votes/?page=all