You know, without those 2012 fear-mongering types.
From the New York Times, here:
When former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida quietly visited Senator John McCain in his Capitol Hill office this fall, discussion turned to a subject of increasing interest to Mr. Bush: how to run for president without pandering to the party’s conservative base.
“I just said to him, ‘I think if you look back, despite the far right’s complaints, it is the centrist that wins the nomination,’ ” Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, said he told Mr. Bush. ...
Mr. Bush would benefit most if those Republicans who do run vie for the support of the party’s hard-liners. That would fracture the conservative base, leaving an opening for him among more moderate-leaning Republicans.
“Lock up the center and let them fight it out on the right,” Mr. McCain said.
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Yeah, and lose the election.
Who wants another president who thinks it's perfectly alright to divide instead of unite in order to win?
