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# Whoever the GOP candidate is will have to show that he’s not just about the base but they’re for the large audience. It’s about America. It’s about getting our country on track, not about catering to the base.
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- Published: 2012-01-17T22:34:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:22:02.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

Whoever the GOP candidate is will have to show that he’s not just about the base but they’re for the large audience. It’s about America. It’s about getting our country on track, not about catering to the base.  

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, a senior fellow at the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy in Potomac, Md.

[ABC](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/independent-voters-on-the-rise-but-do-they-matter/?ref=ivn.us)