Tuesday, 09/11/07

It's almost midnight and maybe I'm missing something, but the eighth paragraph of this article on Guiliani's electability among conservatives drops this nugget like it's nothing:

Six of 10 Republicans surveyed, including an equal number of conservatives, said they would be willing to vote for someone whose views were less conservative than their own if they believed the candidate was electable.

In other words, four in ten Republicans, and an equal number of the furthest right Republicans, tell pollsters they won't vote for someone less conservative than they are even if it means losing an election. It's the sort of tough talk that I'm inclined to dismiss as predictive of behavior, but in this case, considering the weakness of the Republican field of candidates, it's a shock just that so many ostensible voters said it. 12:01AM «

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