Will the GOP eventually bite the bullet and start nominating "moderates?"

[CJK]

The problem with nominating "moderates" is that the northeastern region of the United States is not "moderate" anymore, it's far-left. You either run as a liberal or you're dead. I think one of the Maine Senators actually votes more with Democrats than the Republicans.

Currently, the South and the plain states are conservative while the northeast and the west coast are liberal. The midwest and the rocky mountain west are moderate. So its only natural that the conservative party does well in the conservative states while the liberal party does well in the liberal states. The region we should be putting up "moderates" should thus be in the moderate states.

I bring this up because so many commentators think the GOP is dead just because it lost the northeast, despite its corresponding gains in the South. The real states we need to worry about are Nevada, Colorado, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, etc.