What is the best strategy for the GOP going forward?

[All Along The Watchtower]

Step aside and let the Democrats govern (normal)

[TJ in Oregon]

The Republicans need to expand their economic appeal. One of the biggest challenges the GOP faces is the perception that it's in the tank for corporate interests and doesn't care about working class people. The GOP should be trying to enact fiscally conservative policies that help lower income families such as cutting the payroll and sales taxes and ending the variety of corporate loopholes. There is quite a bit of benefit working families could reap from a "small government" fiscal policy if it were actually geared toward benefiting them.

This sort of thing would be the GOP's path to gains in the rust belt, which is clearly the part of the country they could conceivably improve in. Call it the Pennsylvania strategy.

[OldDominion]

Diversity strategy. Moderation, outreach, secularism, economic focus.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Unfortunately, they can't go diverse as long as the G O P party, controls the House of Representatives, and Boehner is there.

Speaker Hassert was a conservative, but had much more support from diverse groups.  In maintaining the House, Boehner has followed the Tom Delay, Gingrich and Dick Armey approach, and not the Hassert approach and it has cost them dearly in presidential elections among diverse groups.  So, they will continue MS approach.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Diversity strategy. Moderation, outreach, secularism, economic focus.

Very confused what people mean when they say be secular ... Like 8 in 10 Americans are a part of one religion (Christianity), LOL...

[Suburbia]

Diversity strategy. Fight for California, fight for Massachusetts, but play hard in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and don't stray from principles.