The Republican Party is a much bigger tent than people give it credit for. We have a lot of what I guess you all call moderate Republicans.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.
While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.
Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something.
I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.
The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it's hardly a traditional political party anymore.
We are a grassroots party. We always have been. That's been the strength of the GOP.
I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.
We don't believe there is a functional conservative party in this country, and we certainly don't think the Republican Party is that.
Our two major parties are actually called the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.
I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.