I mean he is very moderate to moderate for a Republican. I think he should be more interested in economics and should accordingly be more supported by the tea-party movement
If he has any Tea Party tendencies, he needs to shut up about them.
It doesn't matter what Tea Partiers, Militia types, and Dottoheads think. Those people will never vote Democratic.
The more increasingly unpopular Tea Party rhetoric he spews, the more things Democrats will have to use against him in the general election.
If a Republican is not elected to the White House in 2016, we're all domed to 4-8 more years of political uselessness out of Washington no matter which side you're on.
The Republicans need uninhibited control of Washington so their ideas can be put to the test, and people will see what actually happens if they do. Right now they enjoy prime real estate in the realm of political back seat driving and blame shifting
I'm a swing voter, and from California, so it doesn't matter what I think either. But the Republican candidate is going to have to appeal to swing voters in NH, VA. NC, OH, IA, and the other states that decide the Presidential elections.