I am not sure if he perhaps he was trying to make the point that it would take more than just the Conservative base to win, but if that's what he was trying to say, he gets an 'F' on that one. The guy seems to have all the charismatic appeal of Bob Dole, even if he was right on the money all down the line (Which appears to be far from the case) he'd be dead meat going up against Obama, who has nothing actually going for him BUT carefully-schooled charisma and his skin color.