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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2566634" data-attributes="member: 7900">Now, for a little food for thought.  Some won't like this because I heard it on Rush Limbaugh's show, but he pointed out that when the Republican candidates campaigned on conservative principles prior to the election, they won the election.  If they were moderate (think McCain and Romney), they couldn't fire up the base of the Republican Party enough to win.  Romney actually received fewer Republican votes than McCain did because he wouldn't campaign on a conservative enough message.While I can't say I like all that he did, at least Bush ran on the conservative message and won.  He actually fared better on his second election because of how he had "governed."  Prior to him, Reagan and Bush 41 campaigned on conservative ideals and won, until Bush 41 wimped to the Democrats on taxes and showed himself to be a liar.As for the Democrats, Obama has shown that smoke and mirrors works for them (hope and change.)</blockquote>