re: #88 rightside

How many moderates have run from the party in the past 20 years?

When I said moderates, I didn’t mean politicians. (Specter and his opportunist ilk can go to hell, as far as I’m concerned.) I meant voters. Reagan didn’t “expand the tent” by being a watered-down Democrat. He communicated a pro-America, small government message that attracted moderates. They became Reagan Democrats.

There is so much in the Democrat platform that would be offensive to many middle and working class self-identified Democrats if they were only aware of it. Open borders, abdication of American sovereignty, the expansion of the nanny state, higher taxes are just a start. The GOP needs to try to reach these people with a focused, consistent message that doesn’t include the social baggage that alienates many of them in the first place.