Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120103:15:40:00
Moderation can impell republicans to stay home rather than vote as we saw in the disastrous 2006 and 2008 elections. gop voters are angry at our elected officials for increasing spend, growing entitlements. they repaid them by refusing to vote. conventional wisdom is you can't go with a conservative candidate on the republican side because they won't win the general election but is that argument really turned around? might they do better? might they get more people enthusiastic with a more conservative nominee? >> that's a great point. voters may be outthinking themselves in "the des moines re...