Reply #23: Not entirely by lies [View All]

[Grooner Five]

They did it by embracing their moderates, and thus giving people on the edge a reason to move toward the GOP ticket.

A deeper examination shows that ultra-conservative ideology and fundamentalist thought holds more sway with the GOP than do the moderates, but not every voter is willing to do that examination.

By highlighting people like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rudy Giuliani, the GOP cleverly makes room for different ideologies on controversial issues like abortion. Democrats would be foolish to ignore that strategy.