Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man


While I can understand why republicans would be skeptical of whatever advice dems would have for who they should choose to run in '12 it would likely have to be somebody who could get votes beyond the GOP base. That would imply a less conservative candidate because the base is going to support whoever over Obama no matter what.


This is silly. Before the last election who would have thought a virtual unknown ultra liberal could get votes outside of the Dem base? No one, yet he was able to win it all. You can't keep sticking to the old tried and true formulas.