Primetime line up.
All I'm hearing is throwbacks to the republican politicians of the 60's thru 80's.
I'm hearing hosts who for some reason think we are still in the old days when ****** ruled the political scene and everyone that voted voted on two or three issues.
Times have changed people. Demographics have changed even more. What ******* part of that are you not getting? Everyone is acting like its a bad thing to broaden our base.
We don't have to give away the kitchen sink to appeal to more people. And if you think we do then we're doomed as a nation anyways.
Aspouse our core fiscal issues and leave the damn social issues in the bedroom.
Secondly EVERYONE should support MAJOR campaign finance reform. All this money corrupts our system.
I'm just really dismayed at the reaction many are having to our loss. Its only the end of the world if we don't learn from our mistakes.
One year and two months later, Republicans have learned nothing.
What baffles me is the disconnect between elected Republicans and everyday Republicans in our lives. 75% of Republican voters want Social Security and Medicare. They hate when anybody tries to mess with it because it works. That's why elected Republicans always try to dismantle them in the most sneaky way possible, but it always gets exposed and they have to back down because their voters put them in their place.
And yet, Republican politicians still try to run on dismantling them even though their entire base of support is from old timers who are on those entitlements.
When Republicans did an assessment of their loss in 2012, one of the key things was immigration. Republicans would broaden their base enough to win the White House in 2016 if they were only for a comprehensive reform deal that allows for many illegals who have assimilated to stay here, particularly the children of illegals, who found themselves here through no fault of their own.
But no, Republicans refuse to budge on the issue.
They've lost the popular vote 5 out of the last 6 general elections and they're going to lose 2016 now that Christie has shot himself in the foot.
They only continue to do well in the midterms because Democratic voters are increasingly people under the age of 50 who work a couple jobs and just don't get the importance of the midterms the way old, white voters do who vote every chance they get. That could change this year with Republicans in the House being about as bad as any House has ever been. They don't have a single accomplishment to stand on other than closing down the government, which is still seen as a good thing to a lot of their followers.
