Reasoning with middle

Laurie Sturdevant had a good piece: in Sunday's Strib. It's not often I agree with her since she leans quite a bit further left than I do right, but I think she's got a point.

The Democrats, the party with the most to gain, can start focusing now on what it will take to win the votes of moderate Republicans. They can, and, to succeed, they must. For despite their near-extinction among the ranks of elected officials, moderate Republicans are still the people who decide elections in this state (emphasis added).