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Originally Posted by Taco John
Mitt Romney's loss shows one thing and one thing only: a moderate conservative cannot win. The Reagan coalition has to be rebuilt. I think it will. I think Rand Paul is the future of the Republican party at this point.
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McCain and Romney were both moderates (at least before and after their primaries) - I could see why Republicans would want to nominate a hard-core conservative.
I just don't see it as a winning strategy. Rand Paul would be annihilated in a general election, pick your gaffe:
BP oil spill,
civil rights, no abortion for rape victims, etc. It wouldn't be pretty.
This isn't 1980, it's not even 2004. The electorate is much different. Who would Rand Paul attract, aside from white men?