Now that fear of conventions has taken over the Virginia Republican Party establishment, (despite the fact that conventions have given us Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli and both GOP Congressmen from Hampton Roads Randy Forbes and Rob Wittman), the 5th has decided on a primary, and the 2nd district is shaky on its decision for a “canvass” given the problems managing one for State Senate in only half a city.
In primaries, Democrats can vote their own Operation Chaos into Republican primaries and Republicans spend BIG bucks against each other while the Democrat incumbent whistles and builds his war chest.
The fear is that “conservatives” win conventions, and we need to elect a moderate. Yeah? How’s John McCain doing?
But the mastermind of moderation, Dick Morris, told Virginians last week that where we are now, moderation is a losing strategy.
“This is not the year for the Republican Party to run centrists. This is not the year to triangulate, which is what I brought to the Clinton White House, because the voters right now are not in the mood for that. They want sharp contrasts to Barack Obama. They want someone who is a vigorous apostle of free enterprise and low taxes to fight the socialist agenda of Obama.”
“The conventional wisdom was always ‘go with the moderate,’ because they have a better chance of winning. Now I think it’s almost the opposite. ” Dick Morris
GOP, are you listening?
