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To: Paul Smith who wrote (134552)	3/24/2010 10:48:18 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 542838

Fifty years ago, the Republicans were concentrated mostly in northern areas, and represented a much more moderate party than today. Now they are a party of the South and the West primarily, with much more dogmatic views. The moderating influence is gone apart from the two Maine senators. I had hoped they would make more room for moderates again after losing so badly in 2006 and 2008, but their response has been to run further and harder to the right to energize that base, classic Rovian stuff. Problem is, the Rovian approach depends on scaring the crap out of centrist voters, to get them to pull the lever for your guy on election day. If you fail to scare enough to win, you just look like angry absolutists, the kind that turn off moderates in most election cycles. That's what conservatives like Frum have been trying to tell the party since early last year. Deaf ears all around.