will a true moderate be a serious contender for the gop nomination?

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What do you mean by "true" moderate? You probably mean a liberal, I am afraid, in which case, fortunately not.

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unfortunately, probably not.

Fortunately probably not.  We have the Democrat party all ready.  We do not need a Democrat Lite party also.

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More or less someone who is pragmatic on immigration reform and the environment but will appoint strict constructionalist to the Supreme Crt, like Pawlenty or Giuliani would have.

No.

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they consistently nominate from the most liberal of their ranks? 

hahaha



no

So you truly believe Barack Obama, John Kerry, Al Gore, Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, George McGovern were/are all moderates?

Yes, obviously.

Nah, McGovern could be described as being on the left.

Not really. He was hardly a New Dealer or anything. People think he's some pinko just because he opposed the Vietnam war.

Well, yeah, he wasn't a fellow traveler, but he was a center-leftist.

McGovern, Dukakis, and Mondale were liberals. The other three were moderates.

You really think Obama and Kerry are moderate? And I doubt Gore is, too.