The Problem With Moderates in Politics That's an incredibly incisive question. I remember talking with Doug Bailey, who was a political consultant who preferred to have moderate Republican clients back when that was possible. And yet he said, the real problem with moderates is that they are moderate. The idea of waving the sword of moderation and leading a parade down the street is just antithetical to who they are. They want to go home and pat the dog and and watch TV and that's not suitable wh