(May 17, 2013 at 12:22 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: McCain and Romney were both more moderate than almost everyone else in the primaries.
Oh, and just to add to my original point, neither one had any examples of apostasy (ala Christie). For all the hype about McCain being a "maverick", he was quite willing to toe the party line. This included making nice with the rival, W, who destroyed him in the primary in 1999 with his unethical push-polling. McCain swallowed what must have been a stinging defeat by a doofy drunk from Texas, voting with him and supporting him through his presidency. Romney had a past to cover up with his governorship in Mass. But he made up for it by quickly running to the far right. Any trace of his centrism was long gone by 2012.
Neither one of them has been seen betraying the party or abandoning the party line like Christie. Hell, in some GOP circles, Christie was called a "traitor" and blamed for the 2012 loss. Good luck coming back from that.
Not saying it won't happen. I've been wrong before but I just don't see the GOP mantra of "never apologize, never compromise, never negotiate" allowing for someone like Christie to come back to the fold.
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