After Romney loss, GOP soul searching begins

cbsnews.com ^ | November 7, 2012 | Brian Montopoli

[YoungBlackRepublican]

The Republican party doesn’t need to change it’s views or adapt to new way. The Republican party needs a better orator who can more clearly and strongly express our views. We always seem to get wishy washy canidates who are always trying to appeal to the center. So when people vote they think “well the republican canidate is just like the dem one”

I had SOOOO many friends who said they could see a difference between the two.

[Erik Latranyi]

Worse is that many Dems voted as socialists, unaware that “leaders” of their “movement” are marxists, not socialists foolish enough to enlarge government until it collapses under its own weight, but bosses who will pull power to themselves until their inescapable paranoia sets them at each others’ throats.

The radicals (like Ayers) dream of collapsing our nation so it can be reorganized along the lines of their dreams, without a nuisance constitution, but with a social contract.

[Ciexyz]

The reality is that the GOP must lead on an illegal immigration solution How so? To make Latinos happy, the only solution would be to let more of them in so they can form an even bigger voting bloc and vote more money out of the public treasury for themselves. Sorry to be blunt but whatever happened to, Ask not what your country can do for you....

[ExCTCitizen]

the GOP's handling of same-sex marriage provides a template. In the 2004 election, Republicans used opposition to same-sex marriage to drive voters to the polls. But as attitudes shifted, Republicans for the most part simply stopped talking about the issue.

We are still thinking that what is good for the party in the 1980s, is still good in the 2010s. the voters in 2016 (my oldest son's friends and my son), have different views on gays, (eventhou we homeschool our kids, we let them have a social life with friends). I had a different views on blacks growing up than my parents, because a friend was black. we need to talk about the important issues -- taxes and the economy, NOT social issues!!