If Republicans lose the 2012 Presidential election, which direction will the GOP go?

[Mustang]

As many people have noted, the GOP has been consistently moving further and further to the right over the last 30 years. The election of President Obama continued that trend as the 2010 midterms made clear.

During the current 2012 GOP primary season, candidates like Bachmann and Santorum routinely engaged in some pretty strident rhetoric while also bringing up the social issues continuously despite the fact that virtually everyone thought that economic issues would far and away be the focus of the election.

And finally, the primary has come down to Romney and changing conservative 'not Romney' candidates.

So, regardless of who ends up winning the GOP nomination, if the Republicans lose the general election to President Obama, which direction will the GOP ultimately go? Will they move closer to the center because they lost to President Obama? Or will they move further to the right?

 

[occupied]

As many people have noted, the GOP has been consistently moving further and further to the right over the last 30 years. The election of President Obama continued that trend as the 2010 midterms made clear.

During the current 2012 GOP primary season, candidates like Bachmann and Santorum routinely engaged in some pretty strident rhetoric while also bringing up the social issues continuously despite the fact that virtually everyone thought that economic issues would far and away be the focus of the election.

And finally, the primary has come down to Romney and changing conservative 'not Romney' candidates.

So, regardless of who ends up winning the GOP nomination, if the Republicans lose the general election to President Obama, which direction will the GOP ultimately go? Will they move closer to the center because they lost to President Obama? Or will they move further to the right?

They always double down after a loss and go to the right, can't see them reversing course, this pervasive idea that they lost because they were not conservative enough is mystifying to me. What's left for them but to go full blown white nationalist?

 

[Avatar4321]

Further to the Constitution because, of course, Obama will be taking us further from it.

 

[Mustang]

Further to the Constitution because, of course, Obama will be taking us further from it.

I've got some news for you. The men who wrote the US Constitution and ratified it weren't the conservatives of their day.

 

[code1211]

Further to the Constitution because, of course, Obama will be taking us further from it.

I've got some news for you. The men who wrote the US Constitution and ratified it weren't the conservatives of their day.

What defines a Conservative?

 

[code1211]

If the Congress goes solidly republican, it won't matter who's in the white house. In truth, it might be better if the Big 0 is still there if the Reps control both houses.

Just like only Nixon could go to China, only a free spending liberal can cut the budget as Clinton did with the guidance of the Reps in the congress.

 

[mudwhistle]

As many people have noted, the GOP has been consistently moving further and further to the right over the last 30 years. The election of President Obama continued that trend as the 2010 midterms made clear.

During the current 2012 GOP primary season, candidates like Bachmann and Santorum routinely engaged in some pretty strident rhetoric while also bringing up the social issues continuously despite the fact that virtually everyone thought that economic issues would far and away be the focus of the election.

And finally, the primary has come down to Romney and changing conservative 'not Romney' candidates.

So, regardless of who ends up winning the GOP nomination, if the Republicans lose the general election to President Obama, which direction will the GOP ultimately go? Will they move closer to the center because they lost to President Obama? Or will they move further to the right?

If the GOP keeps moving right they may eventually become as conservative as the founding fathers.

If the Democrats lose this election they'll crash and burn and take their media down with them. Eventually they will admit that everything we've been saying about them is right and they'll ask what are we gonna do about it. They'll tell us we can't do anything about it.

A party has run out of ideas when it's only hope is to convince the voters that at least they suck less than their opposition.

 

[The T]

Further to the Constitution because, of course, Obama will be taking us further from it.

I've got some news for you. The men who wrote the US Constitution and ratified it weren't the conservatives of their day.

But they were correct in what they did. Does that excuse YOU and the left for taking us back into oppression of Statism?

*NO...it doesn't*

NEXT.

 

[Avatar4321]

Further to the Constitution because, of course, Obama will be taking us further from it.

I've got some news for you. The men who wrote the US Constitution and ratified it weren't the conservatives of their day.

Nope. They weren't. But the conservatives of our day are the ones trying to protect the liberty they gave us.

See the radicals who oppose what the Founders did, are dangerous totalitarians. Would you rather preserve the Constitution or give into people who want to micromanage our lives?

 

[The T]

Further to the Constitution because, of course, Obama will be taking us further from it.

I've got some news for you. The men who wrote the US Constitution and ratified it weren't the conservatives of their day.

What defines a Conservative?

You're asking an ill-taught petulant moron.

 

[Avatar4321]

If the Congress goes solidly republican, it won't matter who's in the white house. In truth, it might be better if the Big 0 is still there if the Reps control both houses.

Just like only Nixon could go to China, only a free spending liberal can cut the budget as Clinton did with the guidance of the Reps in the congress.

Unfortunately, that's not necessarily true.

And the fact that Obama would get more Supreme Court picks is very disturbing for the liberty of our nation.

 

[Stephanie]

the Republicans have moved further right?

the Democrat party has moved so far left they should rename themselves the Socialist-Communist party of the United States.

It's unfortunate to see the Democrat party of old die.

 

[Dot Com]

I don't know about Repubs but the USMB righties will be a glum bunch

 

[The T]

the Republicans have moved further right?

the Democrat party has moved so far left they should rename themselves the Socialist-Communist party of the United States.

It's unfortunate to see the Democrat party of old die.

The Republican Elites were moving into thier old spot (as nature abhors a vacuum), until the TEA Party folks came along and foiled thier plans at the behest of the American people...

 

[rightwinger]

Common sense would indicate that Republicans would moderate their platform

But since we are talking Republicans, I imagine they would become more radical

 

[The T]

Common sense would indicate that Republicans would moderate their platform

But since we are talking Republicans, I imagine they would become more radical

True Republicans worthy of the Founders NEVER moderate with Despots, Dictators, and Statists.

 

[Zander]

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[whitehall]

The GOP hasn't moved to the right. Both presidents Bush were moderates. John McCain is a moderate. It only seems that way because the democrat party has moved so far left that it is off the charts. Who would have thought that a democrat president would have hired a communist former leader of an arson and looting rampage to any job? Who would have thought that someone who worked in a cabinet post would have told kids that her personal hero was Chairman Mao? Who would have thought that the president would have referred to the US Chamber of commerce as a sinister tool of the republican party or that he would praise the anti-capitalist OWS rabble? The only reason the Tea Party was formed was to push the republican party out of moderateville and that doesn't seem to be working all that well.

 

[Salt Jones]

I love this thread. It shows the revisionist history that is causing the republicans to fade away. It's not if they lose, but when they lose. This is fun to watch.

 

[The T]

The GOP hasn't moved to the right. Both presidents Bush were moderates. John McCain is a moderate. It only seems that way because the democrat party has moved so far left that it is off the charts. Who would have thought that a democrat president would have hired a communist former leader of an arson and looting rampage to any job? Who would have thought that someone who worked in a cabinet post would have told kids that her personal hero was Chairman Mao? Who would have thought that the president would have referred to the US Chamber of commerce as a sinister tool of the republican party or that he would praise the anti-capitalist OWS rabble? The only reason the Tea Party was formed was to push the republican party out of moderateville and that doesn't seem to be working all that well.

Reaching 'across the aisle' to only have it shoved back in your face by those that you were trying to 'moderate' with gets you NO WHERE.

Attack and destroy...expose them for what they are.

After all? Statists speak of fairness...