I wholeheartedly believe the “issue” we are losing the Hispanics on is not amnesty. The issue we are losing on is believing amnesty is the reason. The reason is the welfare state is a magnet for immigrants. The Democrats are the inventors and keepers of the welfare state–they will win a large segment of the Hispanic vote.

Perhaps we should mount our own immigration goals–determine a quota of people from Eastern Europe who rejected communism under the Soviet Union…those in India and China were the work ethic is outstanding and “liberty” is something they value more than a free gift or hot school breakfast and lunches paid for their children.

Bottom line–the demographics are changing but the real doom is we have become a post-constitutional Republic. With Supreme Court opinions and Executive Orders–the nation our founders envisioned and formed is finally a memory. The way to put the toothpaste back into the tube is a complete crash of liberalism….and that will be when the market crashes because of liberalism. That day is coming soon. I think we need to get out of the way of liberals…give them what they want so it happens quickly. If we don’t, they will propagandize the failure on Republicans….and you know how that goes.

Targeted entreprenuerial “Freedom Credits” for LEGAL immigrants. Higher sums for people from the countries you listed. Bupkus for the “undocumented”. Restrict the numer of slots and encourage competition for them. Do the same thing for the hispanics coming in from the south, give them a bounty for having worked thru the system. The way it is now they are being played for fools as they wait years and spend money for something so many others are getting for the price of a walk through the desert.

The reason republicans lost is because their policies are hateful and offensive to most americans. The US public no longer supports discrimination against gays. FOUR states voted to support gay rights. The republicans need to wake up.

Similarly, about 60% of americans support abortion rights, and 90% of americans support abortion rights in cases of rape. However, the republicans ran NINE candidates that would restrict abortion rights for women who are raped. They ALL LOST.

And dont say that rape-abortion rights is a wedge issue invented by democrats. The republican candidates simply opened their mouths while the cameras were running.

Anotherbig problem with the republican platoform is that tax cuts for the rich make no sense. If tax cuts for the rich actually helped the economy, the US economy would be growing like crazy right now. But its not. The rich have the lowest tax rates in generations, and the cap gains rate is even lower than what most middle class americans pay. Republican policy is irrationally focused on “promoting investment” in an economy where investment ALREADY if favored to an extreme and unfair extent.

Corporations and the rich have so much hoarded money today (due to supply-side, pro-investment policies) that they cannot profitabily invest it (hence the bubbles of recent years). Why do you think that further investment promotion will help? It wont.

What the economy needs is DEMAND. And demand comes from shifting income to the middle and lower classes. The middle and lower classes have seen real incomes DECLINE (or flat) since the 1980s, when republican supply-side economic policy started. By comparison, the super rich are richer than ever, and take a record-high proportion of income. THIS is the reason why the economy is such a disaster. Income of the rich is hoarded/invested; income of the middle&lower classes in spent on demand. This is Keynesianism 101, and it is correct. It is the reason why the US had such a prosperous economy in the late 40s through the late 1960s.

yes, I am blaming conservative economic policy for the collapse of the US economy. Obamas only shortcoming is that he has not done enough to reverse conservative economic policies.

The public starting to figure out how they have been screwed by conservative economic policy. They dont trust the promises they hear about further tax cuts for economic royalists like Romney benefitting them.

Conservative denial about the polling and election results is emblematic of conservative denial about reality generally. Conservatives deny science (climate change), womens bodies (“the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down”.

Im not here to be a troll. But you conservatives need to figure some stuff out. A good start would be to accept science and rationality, and to abandon the increasingly wacko ideology so popular in the conservative echo chamber.

I concur with these points. But I believe that point 20) is the most appropriate.
Conservatives must stop pandering to all the liberal left ideals. They must stay true to the principles of the Founders of this country.

Otherwise, the left wins for the simple idea that you would not select a person who says he can work as well as an electrician to do your electrical work. You would select an electrician.
Why buy the knockoff when you can get the real “Liberal/Left” ideolog.

Just once I’d like to hear one of our candidates, during a debate, lean over and ask a pro-choice Dem: “name a situation in which you would oppose an abortion.” Just once.

While this election should have been about the economy it ended up being about social issues. I think the GOP needs to stop nominating the social conservatives b/c it will continue to alienate women, hispanics, and other independents. Roe v Wade is 40 years old now. With more and more women working and waiting to have children it becomes more and more important to independent women. If we are serious about the debt and deficit we need to avoid nominating these candidates for national office and try to change social issues at the state level.

Your point 11 is, uh, inaccurate. The Romney campaign spent about $430 million on negative campaign ads versus $337 million by the Obama campaign. This race can’t be summed up as saying nice guys finish last. Neither side played a clean race. Ultimately, Romney seemed to have no convictions. His position flip-flopped many times. Additionally, there was far too much misinformation or outright lies. The “Jeep to China” debacle could have very well ended his chances in Ohio. The Republican party needs to ditch the religious extremists and focus on small government and fiscal responsibility. Legislating people’s personal lives based on your beliefs does not equal small government. There needs to be a return back to Republican principles if this party wishes to be competitive in the future.

LtCol, as a retired Gunny, I concur.

I am sorry I ever served this nation. These parasites did not deserve my blood, sweat, and sacrifices.

Damn the 47%ers to Hell.

Considering Romney lost 10 of 11 swing states, they don’t seem so swingy. They seem blue.

Yawn. Same idiocy we heard in 2008. Disproven over and over. Libertards will never shut up.

Adios

Bye, asshat.

OK, here’s your answer.

Nobody is in favor of abortion. Nobody thinks it’s an optimal solution or a trivial thing or an easy way out. The only disagreement is whether your religious opinion can be imposed on people who do not share your religious convictions. Personally I would counsel anyone who asked not to have an abortion. To carry to term and give the child up for adoption if necessary. But abortion must and will remain legal.

Those who fight to overturn Roe vs. Wade are mostly hypocrites. If they really cared for life, they would put all their energy into making it easy for women to chose to carry to term, providing shelters, offering to pay expenses and adopt the child and so on, rather than threatening them with jail time if they don’t. It’s easy and cheap to condemn others.

So, genius, how do you now that pro-life people aren’t helping those who you cite? I do. I’m sure many here do. Nice unsubstantiated accusation.

I predict your longevity here will be brief.

Do you disagree demographics are changing?

I think you’re both right— the youth gap isn’t enormous, but in elections that are decided by single-point margins, I think the party needs to do more to reach out to young voters. Any ideas on strategy?

A proposed Human Life Amendment is NOT consistent with “limited government.”

Returning Roe v. Wade to the states and letting San Francisco and Vermont have unrestricted abortion if they choose, is consistent with limited government.

Single women voted for Obama much stronger than single men did.

So you can’t blame the whole thing on youth.

Many folks don’t realize that the current election vote totals are tentative, not final. They are likely to grow by another couple million votes in the next month or so as more votes are counted or recounted.

In the end, a miss is as good as a mile.

Obama lost votes. But so did Romney. Obama’s coalition held together, with vote percentages comparable to 2008. That’s the important thing, and it’s the thing that few conservatives believed would happen.

By 2016, it is projected that white voters will be down another 2 percentage points, down to just 71% of the electorate.

Since these presidential races tend to split roughly 50-50 between the Dem and the Repub, that means that in 2016, the GOP candidate would have to gain *four* percentage points among white voters just to match Romney’s 48% (which of course lost the election).

That’s becoming nearly impossible, since at least one-fifth of white voters self-identify as liberal.

We can’t keep basing our election hopes on running the table among non-liberal white voters. As I’ve just shown, with each new election cycle the bar goes up by 4 more points among white voters.

Agree.

Some decisions are better left to the Supreme Court. Many states have proven they are incapable of dealing with matters of personal freedom. Even though they are no longer in office, the likes of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock cannot be allowed to legislate their beliefs, even at the state level.

Oh there’s evidence but I wouldn’t say it was their fault. They were used as tools for the war on women and we know we lost the single woman voter. Not sure what Romney could have done to thwart the gender warfare outside of being a real conservative that promotes individual Liberty but we know it will be used so PLAN for it and determine how to combat it NOW.