will a true moderate be a serious contender for the gop nomination?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Rudy was a serious contender, it just didn't work out.

He could've won if he had better strategists who didn't advise him to basically skip all of the primaries before Florida.

But no, we won't.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

The GOP should have learned their lesson from nominating true moderate John McCain.

Moderate McCain had less to do with him losing than a failure of campaign strategy combined with hatred of Republicans because of Bush.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

The GOP should have learned their lesson from nominating true moderate John McCain.

Moderate McCain had less to do with him losing than a failure of campaign strategy combined with hatred of Republicans because of Bush.

No, I'm pretty sure McCain's "moderate" mishandling of the financial crisis was what brought him down.

It was a factor.  My only point is that it wasn't moderatism that killed it for McCain - it was the circumstances around the election that really did him in.