Strength With Moderates Will Help Bush in Primaries

Jeb Bush’s “emerging sway among moderates might not seem like a big deal in a Republican Party dominated by conservatives — with most candidates seeming eager to run as far to the right as possible. But moderates play a much bigger role in the G.O.P. primary process than they do in Washington, and it would take a very strong conservative to defeat a candidate with a big advantage among moderates,” the New York Times reports.

“The relatively moderate half of the Republican Party is underrepresented in Washington because most moderate Republicans hail from blue states and therefore lose in general elections. It’s a different story in the primaries.”