However, all it serves to do is attract the very same ODS base that was planning to vote AGAINST Obama, regardless. For Romney to require a base pick in order to still shore up his support from that contingent is nothing but a sign of his own weakness within his own party.

In this respect, the choice of Ryan for VP is similar to McCain’s selection of Palin in 2008. She too brought an initial surge of hard-core base energy to his sagging campaign and was able to draw large crowds.

…Yet in the end, that selection didn’t work out too well for them. McCain/Palin were totally trounced at the polls, in the end.

The lesson here is that you cannot just appeal within your own insular base in a manner that just turns everyone else off. That was a losing strategy in 2008, as it almost certainly will be again in this cycle.

I am really so glad Orly cleared that up. I have no idea who wrote it but I really think she should consider using it!