I guess I was just surprised at the matter of degree and that a state like Kansas still had any semblance of a moderate branch for its Republican party.
The Kansas GOP has always been at way between its more business oriented section and its more church going section. With former claiming the title of "moderate" in this struggle. Now with issues of finance dominating and abortion/evolution knocked down a peg or two, they can shuffle the labeling deck in the media.
I would strongly advise against using the term moderate to describe any of these people. They are probably similar on 95% of all the issues.
So, all the talk about how the Democrats are going to win seats because the "conservative" won the primary is so much poppycock? If in the last analysis the "conservative" and the "moderate" candidate are 95% alike, then they ought to poll amazingly similarly. Unless, of course, that 5% is weighted differently among various voters. The decision of the "moderates" to throw in with the Democrats, whom certainly aren't anywhere near 95% alike with "moderate Republicans," seems to suggest the real differences are either much greater, or they subjectively weigh their differences much more than 5%.
In any case, I am entirely comfortable preferring a nominee that is 100% in agreement with me over a candidate that is 95% in agreement with me.
