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The Republican Noise Machine has already figured out how to do this. They have produced terms like "Reagan Democrat" and "security mom" to convince swing voters that a large portion of the population thinks the same way, and therefore it is ok to vote against your natural identification. We need to do the same thing. We need a name for moderate republicans that find themselves on the far left of their own party. Once we have a name we need to repeat it over and over until these moderate republicans are comfortable with the idea they have been abandoned by their own party. I also believe it is important that we start this now rather than waiting for the next election cycle. We all know that the Bush policies will lead to disaster and once the GOP figures this out they will nominate McCain-like candidates and try to claim the reformist agenda. We need moderate Republicans to be comfortable with the idea of voting Democrat before that happens.
I have yet to find a name for these moderate voters that I like. A couple of ideas are "Disenfranchised Republicans" or "Conscience Conservatives" but I'm not happy with either. The name should capture the idea that these are natural Republicans that have been left behind by their party. Please use the comments to suggest other names for this group.
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