As a guy who, on a daily basis, walks through the ranks of the enemy and reads DKos and FDL, I can tell you flat out that Scott Brown is a right-wing, teabagging sexist according to virtually every lefty activist. Kos aligned himself with Keith O’s “analysis” of Brown in the infamous rant that got lambasted by fellow lefty Jon Stewart.

Now other folks like my favorite “I’ll pretend to be objective but in reality I warp statistics to fit my worldview” hack Nate Silver were actually on the money in pointing out that Brown’s voting history, though not his campaign message, was to the left of the Maine Sisters. Personally I think Brown is to their right but will vote to their left when it makes sense to do so politically. And frankly, I don’t blame him since he is representing Mass. after all and it’s not like just because they voted for a Republican that all of a sudden the Bay State became Utah. It’s the same reason I can’t rip Cao for voting against our side from time to time since he’s representing an absurdly Democratic district.

Bottom line is we don’t need “acceptable” (read moderate squishes) Republicans to run. We don’t need guys like Charlie Crist. We need candidates like McDonnell and to a lesser extent Christie. We need guys that emulate Reagan’s strategy but don’t try to be another Reagan. He won so overwhelmingly because he was a happy warrior and focused on concrete conservative economic proposals in a time where liberal economic ideas were foundering. That economic scenario is repeating itself and we need to repeat the message and candor Reagan had, while not trying to create another one of him because that is just impossible.

I think Republicans lost in past few cycles because of social issues. Sadly, NY is pretty much pro abortion state, not a big NRA state, and I think the state is very split on gay marriage

Republicans can and have been winning on: Ethics, Property Taxes, and Obamacare ( which is a tax in affect)