Back when REPUBLICAN President George HW Bush named David Souter to the Supreme Court, he was recognized as a "moderate." When Arlen Specter was elected to the Senate, he was recognized as a "moderate." Today both are vilified by the Republican base as "liberals". I think those are good indicators of how far off the track the Republican party has gone. Sad, but true, we don't really have a 2-party system in this country today. Jeb Bush seems to have recognized that
Now if he could only get the "base" to follow him in that direction......
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Saturday that it's time for the Republican Party to give up its "nostalgia" for the heyday of the Reagan era and look forward, even if it means stealing the winning strategy deployed by Democrats in the 2008 election.
"You can't beat something with nothing, and the other side has something. I don't like it, but they have it, and we have to be respectful and mindful of that," Mr. Bush said.
Now if he could only get the "base" to follow him in that direction......