The continual push of the three GOP candidates for President supporting conservative principals in the primary is a looser in November because the vast majority of voters ARE NOT conservatives. Why support a person for President that would retain policies the majority does not agree with?
Issues like:
Increasing taxes for people making over $250,000 per year to help pay our bills.
Healthcare for most if not all Americans starting with Children.
Keep Social Security like it is and fund it by lifting the cap on earnings that are taxed.
End our occupation of Iraq.
All out plan to develop alternate energy using Government pushed energy policies.
More controls and oversight to help prevent things like Enron and the Mortgage crises.
More comprehensive help to prevent mortgage failures.
Support policies geared to Middle income people and less help for Big Business and the Rich.
On every one of the above there is a vast difference between the GOP and the Dems. The Democrats support these issues as do most Americans and the GOP opposes them.