Stu Rothenberg: “Ultimately, the Republican Party’s
problems go back to its base voters, who participate in primaries and
nominating conventions. Many of them are so blinded by their anger
toward President Barack Obama, the national news media and their own
party leaders that they are willing to nominate the most conservative
candidate in a primary, no matter how limited his or her appeal in a
general election. And for party strategists, there is no easy solution
to that problem.”
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