re: #26 sliv_the_eli

All joking aside, the poll points to something real, namley that the American voter is ready to vote for a reasonable Republican candidate. Unfortunately for the Republican Party, and possibly for the nation, the Republican Party has reacted to their loss in 2008 in mirror image to how the Democrats reacted to their loss in 2000. In both instances, the party was in such deep denial about he mere possiblity that the winning candidate was actually appealing to the voters that it wrongly concluded that the loss resulted from its candidate presenting as a moderate. For the Dems post-2000, that meant Howard Dean as DNC chair and a move to the left that contributed to President Bush’s re-election in 2004. For the Repubs post-2008, that has meant a disavowal of any member of the party who even suggests moderation in anything and a push for to the right. If they do not get their act together, President Obama will win re-election by default, regardless of whether the public would like to see a viable alternative candidate.

sorry, no.

Howard Dean was elected DNC chair *after* the 2004 election. It was his implementation of the 50-state strategy that brought the 06 wave and gave the Dems back the House.