Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said that there was no effort to paper over the party's true conservative spirit by scheduling moderate speakers in prime time.
Those on campuses trying to counter their message do not have the funds to provide for moderate speakers, disseminate literature and hold religious events.
David Cargo, former governor of New Mexico and part of a group of former Republican officials called Mainstream 2004, said that having moderate speakers was an admission by the party that it needed moderates to win the election.
Mr. Lynn was referring to the list of moderate speakers like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York who are scheduled to speak at the convention.
Consequently quite moderate speakers have proved adequate in prosecution, while no one can be a good counsel for the defence unless he possesses real eloquence.
Some speakers made repeated attempts to reach out and embrace the angry teabaggers and townhallers, while the more moderate speakers praised their "patriotism" but urged toning down the rhetoric.
Titled "This house believes that Islam is a threat to the west", the resolution was controversial; alongside more moderate speakers, one of those invited was Abu Hamza al-Masri, a fundamentalist Muslim cleric.
This summer as a Templeton-Cambridge Fellow in Journalism I was engaged in multidisciplinary seminars focusing on science and religion moderated by speakers from all over the world, of every religious persuasion.
They teamed with grass-roots social conservatives and, in 1994, gained a significant number of seats in the Kansas House and ousted its moderate speaker.
You may ask why, and the reason is simple: You can't get what you need out of a peer group membership if you are concerned with booking speakers, moderating the conversation, and planning the meal breaks.
But yesterday, instead of moderating the debate, the Speaker breached that neutrality and made himself the story.
