We gave away two layup seats to Akin and Murdock. There seems to be some strange hang-ups with some so cons and woman’s sexuality. Until some of these guys spend spend some time in a rape clinic or something they are going to drag down the whole party.
Well I think they lost because Republicans would not get behind these two patriots. What they said was 100 percent accurate and should be been said to the American people. Instead the GOPe and faux conservatives said they need to lose. Stupid!!!!! If I was the RNC Chairman, I would have put both of them at the front and say “this is the GOP”. Why not have someone completely 180 from the democrats. That is why Romney lost because he was the same as Obama. Why change when you aren’t changing anything?
We would also have senator Jane Norton from CO and Senator Mike Castle from DE. We would not have Rand Paul but some other republican and yes, probably Charlie Crist instead of Rubio.
At a minimum, the NRSC needs to remove primary challengers in any state won by the opposition president or Blue states in the previous cycle. It is hard enough to win in a blue state but even harder if there is a primary challenge.
If this rule had been applied, we would have had Fiorina run stronger in CA, Sue Loudon run stronger against Reid in NV, the witch from DE would be replaced by Castle, Lugar replace Mourdock, Thompson in WI would have been stronger, we likely beat McCaskill, Norton would likely win in CO, Nelson would have a stronger challenger in FL, Cruz would still win in TX (deep red, and rule would not apply), Rand Paul would still win KY (same reason), Deb Fisher would still win red state NB, and unfortunately, Crist would replace Rubio.
All in all, the rule would have improved the senate results.
This is going to make me unpopular with some people here, but, strategically speaking, conservatives need to focus on reducing government and enabling Right to Work on a national basis.
Take a lesson from Scott Walker in Wisconsin. Since making dues-paying and union membership voluntary, public employee union membership has plummeted, along with the money they have available to fund dem candidates. This is going to have long-term impact on elections in WI.
We need to stay focused on things which promote the finances and power of the Left: unions (especially public employee unions), number of government employees (which tend to overwhelmingly vote Dem), government spending, Welfare.
And here's the part that's going to make me unpopular with many: for now, we need stay away from things which piss off and energize the Dem base to oppose us, and which does not lessen their power: abortion and gay marriage. For the Dems, abortion has the base-energizing effect that gun-control does for the Right. It's better for politicians to ignore it, and let the grass-roots handle it at the grass-roots level, by making abortion providers so unpopular and harassed that they decide it's not worth the hassle.