Still, he has made the Conservatives almost electable, something unthinkable less than a year ago.
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But, thankfully, the real battle for the future of the Democratic Party is in the electable bit.
Kerry victories in Tennessee and Virginia could help prove the New Englander is also electable in the South.
But, if they drop out, does Mr Quayle really become more electable simply because he is still standing?
None of the Republicans in Congress looks electable nationally, so the party will probably be looking for a governor.
After all, America's mayor took to America's airwaves to declare that Gingrich was "the most electable Republican" in December.
"I like Rick Santorum, but I don't think he's electable, " Ms. Smoak said.
For another, the Democrats have gone to extraordinary lengths to field electable candidates in districts left open by retirement.
Rasmussen Reports, a polling firm, also casts doubt on the notion that Mr Giuliani is the most electable Republican.
At worst, of course, they run the risk of opening another internal rift that will make them even less electable.
In the 1960 Democratic primary, they adhered to liberal principle rather than support the more moderate and more electable John F.
The committee was established to support Republican candidates it deems electable, offsetting GOP candidates who might offend key parts of the electorate.
Bush argued that he was the most electable against hapless Jimmy Carter.
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"The more this becomes about who looks most electable and most presidential, the more problematic this becomes for Michele Bachmann, " Deace told CNN.
But, Newt can turn his pas-de-deux on the loveseat with Nancy into an opportunity to promote a consistent and electable political message.
Mitt Romney, instead of being the most electable, is firmly in the tradition of Thomas Dewey, Jerry Ford, Bob Dole, and John McCain.
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Bush's key strengths appear to be his organization and the perception among likely Republican primary voters think he is more electable than McCain.
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Dean attracted supporters from all over America because Democrats in early 2003 were hungrily searching for a candidate who was anti-war and appeared electable.
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With Mr McCain seen as the most electable candidate, and the most credible as commander-in-chief, Mr Romney seems to have a huge mountain to climb.
On becoming its leader in 2003, Mr Layton made the party electable by distancing it from the unions and shifting towards the centre ground long occupied by the Liberals.
No honest and realistic person could make the impossible promises now necessary to become electable, so rather than recruiting accomplished and dignified candidates, our choices are restricted to superficial panderers.
Ms. RAINEA: I think they should look at this and I think they should look at all the big states and who's more electable, and I definitely think she is.
Mr Mandelson had serious enough aims in politics, principally those of making Labour electable again after its suicidal tilt to the left after 1979, and moving Britain closer to the European Union.
However, as you point out, one of the problems the Republicans are going to have to face is that some of the candidates supported by the Tea Party aren't necessarily the most electable.
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Between winning Labour's leadership in 1994 and becoming prime minister three years later, Mr Blair's focus was on making Labour electable, not on what it would actually do in government to improve public services.
Optimists will point out that the Republicans, no less than the Democrats, tend to flirt with extremes in the primaries, then select an electable moderate (with Mr Romney being the likely winner this time).
Clinton's campaign says she would be more electable in a general election because she has done well in swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as Florida and Michigan, which were stripped of their delegates.
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