GOP can forfeit VA and forget about winning MN, IA, or MI anytime soon.
GOP should look to expand in PA/NJ, NH, WA, OR, and CO while staying "true enough" to the base to lock-in MO, NC and FL.
1. Downplay social issues and focus primarily on economic ones. Only mention social issues when asked about them. The religious/social conservatives are already safely in the GOP column and will probably stay there as long as Republicans don't radically change their positions.
Sure, but those religious conservatives could just stay home otherwise.
2. Improve minority outreach, especially to blacks and Hispanics. Spend more money on advertising in Spanish and highlighting our party's history of fighting for civil rights against Democrat opposition. Also explain why welfare reform is good for minority communities and emphasize support for school choice.
Sure, do more window dressing. Let the GOP tell blacks that the GOP used to fight for them before it opened the floodgate and let the racist southerners in. Let the GOP tell Hispanics that they should vote for the GOP now that advertisement is in Spanish.
3. Stop "RINO hunting" and infighting between factions. Become more of a tolerant, big-tent party that accepts members who agree with basic core principles.
I thought there are the sell-outs
4. Most Important: Explain why conservative values are better for ALL Americans than the current liberal consensus.
The problem is: they aren't.
