PrintNovember 25, 2012
At the Crossroads
Still scrambling to develop a strategy for the future in the wake of the 2012 presidential election, the Republican Party is quite clearly at a crossroads. As America dives headlong into the next term of Obama's America, it is critical for the Republicans to take the right path at this crossroads, which can be summed up with this paradigm: There is no justification for the GOP to continue running moderate candidates for president.
A macro review of the results of the last 21 presidential elections should inform the GOP that running moderates is not a highly successful strategy. Since 1932 the Republicans have offered moderates for president eighteen times (Hoover '32, Landon '36, Wilkie '40, Dewey '44 and '48, Eisenhower '52 and '56, Nixon '60, '68, and '72, Ford '76, Bush I '88 and '92, Dole '96, Bush II '00 and '04, McCain '08, and Romney '12). Of this group, the Republican Party garnered presidential victories seven times (twice with Eisenhower, twice with Nixon, once with Bush I,...(Read Full Article)
