Post-Debate Reaction

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Each and every Pubbie I chat with in real life (including ex governor Pete Wilson with whom I spoke for a few minutes a couple of nights ago) wants to nominate the strongest opponent to Obama. Granted, it is a non random sample.

I think that's probably true, but I also think there's a non-negligible faction of the primary vote (the same which is current doggedly sticking by Cain) that are convinced that a 'true conservative' or whatever will also be, inherently, the strongest opponent to Obama.

Red State (?) had a post to the effect that a Romney nomination will be a disaster for the Republicans because moderates don't win elections or some bullsh**t.

The point was more than independents aren't going to vote for someone without any core convictions.

[Sbane]

Without moderates like Torie on board the Pubbie will lose to Obama

Likely.

You ever click on the PM button at the top of this page?  Look at the distribution of blue dots and red dots.  Most of the blue dots fall on the right, and most of the red on the left.  Fair enough.

What fraction of the blue dots are to the left of about 3.5?  Eyeballing, I'd say at least a third.  Maybe close to 40 percent.  Now, those blue dots just represent a subset of members who post on this forum.  Do they represent the GOP primary electorate at all?  If they do, then what you said about the general election applies as well to the primary, in the sense that without the moderate and left of the Republican party, a candidate cannot win the primary.

Also, if this forum represents the general electorate, then no Republican would ever have a shot in the general election (see pie chart below), so it may not be a fair comparison.

Republicans on here are nowhere near representative of Republicans at large. I thought this was common knowledge?