Pretty much common sense. 2004 was a win, but not overwhelming. That was a very strong GOP year. Our side has to run a strong race to win and have wind at our back. Fortunately, it is doable. Florida and Virginia are quite winnable. All that needs to happen is to regain footing in the midwest. Other than Indiana, we are losing OH, MI, WI, and IA consistently. We have to win two of those. I was surprised when all of those states went for Obama the 2nd time...and just two years after the midwest was a tidal wave for the GOP from Governors and Senators on down.
Big cities are known to give 110% of the vote to the Democrats. It makes it hard to win against them.
The main reason the GOP has no chance of obtaining the presidency in 2016, or maintaining a majority in the House and Senate, is that they do not stand for anything. They will not fight for any principle.
So...how's that love of cheap labor, multiculturalism, and amnesty working out for you there, Stupid Party?
Well, if you go my majority and not morality then yes, we have lost the battle. I hope for more in people but if you are right, then it does not matter anymore...crooked government by either party will survive..and lord we know that crooked government is the norm!
In the meantime, others will try to survive them.
I have said for years that the Dems only have to win 6-7 big cities to win the swing states and the WH.
Look at OH last election. Kasich (a very imperfect conservative) ran a smart, determined campaign and walloped the opponent, even in the very democratic cities. Most of the HOR reps from OH are Republicans, and not Boehner cheerleaders.
If they lose OH again, it'll be AGAIN because the candidate doesn't inspire conservatives and independents to vote for that person.
If Barak Obama is not the candidate and no other black candidate is running on the democrat side, blacks will not come out to vote in large numbers. The dems have already lost much of the youth vote due to Obamacare, and that no jobs to pay off school debt thing. Blacks won’t vote without a black candidate and hispanics are low info/low turn out voters as well.
If the republicans would concentrate on turning out their base, there would not be a problem. But they insist on trying to cater to everyone but majority Christian US citizens. I used to think they were “stupid.” Now I realize this is by choice. The Rockefeller wing wants to dominate conservatives so they refuse to follow the obvious logic of concentrating on turning out their own base the way the dems concentrate on turning out their base. If they did, there would be no contest. No matter how many minorities there are, citizens take civic duty more seriously than usurpers and right now, threatened with the loss of US sovereignty, US citizens have the most to lose.
But neither party stands up for them. I’m positive that is by GOPe design. Hard working conscientious US citizens don’t like socialism. Neither democrat party number one nor democrat party number two like that. They both want people to bow to their socialism.
Bigger problem is the GOP has passed off everyone who gave them huge wins and immediately surrendered to Obama. I don’t think enough people would hold their noses again and vote for Job.
The GOP’s challenge is to find a pair of balls, some balls, 1 pair that’s all, any balls, Bueller?
“Anyone dispute this?”
Nope.
The next biggest challenge for the GOP is attracting conservative voters.