That would guarantee a democratic win.
Clue: The republican and tea party base is not big enough. Going MORE to the right socially will ensure a loss no matter how good the economic side is.
That's false. The root reason that Romney was the least likely choice to defeat an encumbent Democrat is because he wasn't crediblely conservative enough for the (rather vast) conservative wing of the Democratic party (think "Regan Democrats", mostly middle class private sector union employees with traditional views on family, religion and policy) to choose a Republican challenger over a Democratic encumbent. The result being is those "center-right" independents & Democrats simply don't see that voting is worth their time, and turnout is poor; thus leaving the outcome in the hands of the political junkies. Simply put, there is simply many more registered Democrats in the US than Republicans, so it's not possible for a Republican challenger to defeat a Democratic encumbent without convincing at least a portion of Democrats to switch sides. And what value is there in that when most non-political observers can't really see daylight between their positions on things that they care about?
False? Only a time machine can determine that. But if you think going farther right will help the Republicans go ahead.... vote in the farthest right you can and see where it gets you.
So you are saying a republican needs democratic votes to win..... but being more conservative will bring out those democratic votes? Ok. GO FOR IT!
Regan won because he was a moderate republican not a foaming at the mouth tea party conservative.
I don't think that you know anyone that considers themselves a Tea PArtier
As for turnout, keep listening to right wing talk radio and ignoring the facts of what just happened.
I don't listen to talk radio, and the turnout was comparable to 2008; elevated overall for the exact same reason, the youth vote. Which didn't show at all in 2010. This is counter to what I said above, but since I was referring to the conservative voters (although failed to state that) I was not wrong. Conservative democrats do exist, and they didn not really vote this Tuesday. Milinials, however, showed up in droves. Most politcally active generation alive, and larger overall than even the baby boomers. It won't be much longer before they completely dominate the electorate, as more graduate high school and more boomers die off or move to expat retirement communities.