Some key takeaways from this article. (thanks Big Government for the link)

“As a result, the New York 23rd Congressional District race will end up being between a Conservative Party candidate and a Democrat. In many ways, that pairing reflects the reality of national match-ups more than the typical partisan competition. There are more conservatives than Democrats in America, and there are more Democrats than Republicans.”

Guess that throws the whole idea of moving the party to the left to capture more people into question, eh? We should be moving RIGHT to get more heads.

“One reason for this is that while Republican voters overwhelmingly consider themselves conservative, only 56% of conservative voters consider themselves to be Republicans. In other words, nearly half of all conservatives nationwide reject the Republican Party label.”

There you go. The GOP has a branding problem even among conservatives. Be all things to all people and you got someone that no one likes. Like a football referee.

Keep reading the article for more good stuff.