Palin, Pawlenty and the rest of the GOP's 2012 contenders: Dogma leaves no room for moderates

[EveningStar]

New York Daily News:

Richard Cohen
January 25, 2011

Herman Cain is thinking of running for President...

I now know slightly more about Cain than I do of John Thune, Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence and Jon Huntsman. They are also mentioned as possible GOP presidential candidates. They join a field of better-knowns, which includes the inevitable Sarah Palin, the persistent Newt Gingrich, the ideologically flexible Mitt Romney, the religiously besotted Tim Pawlenty, the improbable Haley Barbour, the familiar Mike Huckabee and the ferociously conservative Rick Santorum, who could not even hold on to his Senate seat.

As this list makes clear, the Democrats will occupy the White House forever...

[Valin]

Define "Moderate".