bedstuy
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« on: July 14, 2014, 11:52:24 PM » |
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Republicans have a small chance to win in 2016. The problem is that they're going to insist on choosing a candidate who is way to the right of the median voter. That makes winning difficult. Republicans need to focus on winning persuadable voters, but they have a laser focus on persuading conservatives to vote Republican. That was a great strategy to beat Democrats in 1980 by stealing the South, it was a mediocre strategy in 2000 and 2004 when it got them a razor thin margin and today it's a terrible strategy.
Most people don't care about Benghazi or what Rush said about xyz. They want concrete ideas on how to make the country better. The current Republican Party isn't going to contemplate trying that so they will lose in 2016. This is a fair game at some level. If you clearly have bad ideas and your party is mean, dumb and angry, it's more difficult to win. Listen to any Republican today, they have no positive ideas, it's just scapegoating liberals, or black people, or immigrants, or Muslims, or gay people, or kooky leftists, or women, etc.
Also, Republicans who think you're going to win: Be prepared for your party to nominate Ted Cruz. That's happening, FYI.
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