re: #133 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Indeed. A Romney nomination would inspire the same sort of backlash that Kerry’s did in ‘04, with cries of “Moderates don’t win elections, ‘true’ conservatives do!”

Well, I was a little young to know anything about politics in ‘04, but hindsight being what it is, I’d have probably supported Wes Clark, who was pretty moderate. Then again, the far left still hasn’t gotten over Dean. I liked some of his positions and his enthusiasm, but anyone who thinks he’d have had a better showing against Bush than Kerry did is fooling themselves.