SmilinJack
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I did? How did you determine that? In fact, the opposite is true, I formed my opinion based on the many republicans that told me they voted for Obama, that Obama was more conservative than their hero Raygun and that Romney was way too extreme.
Yes, some cast their vote for Obama by not voting.
Worst of all, you have no one to offer.
Ryan is reviled by moderate republicans, independents, and dems alike. Cantor is equally hated. Every fool that Romney beat is useless to you as well. The citizens will not take a chance on another Bush even if he is wearing sheep's clothing.
Christie is washed out, Cruz is an actual idiot, independents will NEVER go for Walker, plus he has his education hurdle ( there hasn't been a college dropout in the white house in 70 years) and unionised government agencies on all levels (including police) will not support him.
Irregardless of why some deluded souls voted for Obama-- that only demonstrates one thing 'confusion'...in regards to motives, definitions, and a true understanding of the mess the republican party is in.... it is not rocket science but neither is it an easy thing to dissect or analyze.
There are many factions in the Republican Party and they invariably harbor much misunderstanding of what the Republican Party needs to do to win next time.
What is needed is a clear headed approach to the problem....first of all a correct analysis of why they lost is paramount to understand what is needed.
Now it has been clearly demonstrated that Romney got the majority of the White Working Class vote....he lost though because he did not get the overwhelming majority of it aka....he needed 72% of the White Working Class Vote...if he had got that he would be President today....and tragically he could easily have gotten it if he had had better advice.....he is not a stupid man but he was misled and that combined with some arrorgance and being overly confident to some extent led to the tragedy.
Now, lest we forget what happened in virginia....a clear demonstration of the fact that the Elitist East Coast Faction of the Republican Party(the leadership aka the RNC)clearly preferred allowing a democrat to win rather than support a tea party candidate. That speaks volumes regarding the impotency of the Republican Party Leadership.
Now why would the big wig Republicans prefer to let a democrat win by refusing to support a tea partier? Obviously...they are obsessed with retaining their power.
In a nutshell that is the tragedy of the Republican Party...a leadership that is more concerned about their own power than they are with what is good for America.
Now the next thing the electorate that wants a Republican Victory next time needs to understand ......Who is the White Working Class? What do they need? What do they want? and............ultimately: how they can be persuaded to get out and vote and in great numbers?
The White Working Class is the key to victory and unfortunately not even the Tea Partiers understand that.
I read a very on target article by some columnist awhile back and he had the most clear headed analysis of what is needed for a Republican Victory next time....a combination of a Teddy Roosevelt and a Huey P. Long.
In other words....a strong conservative America First type candidate with the populism that would wrap up the White Working Class vote by actually offering them something. Newsflash: The mantra of 'lower taxes and smaller government' will not win an election and the tea party is way tooooo hung up on that. It has no appeal to the majority of the White Working Class.
Now you are correct I see no one on the horizon yet that foots that bill but if the various candidates and wanna be candidates could be brought to understand what is really needed then perhaps one could be persuaded to pursue that route.