All political parties are alliances between individuals. There is, or should be, room in the GOP for a variety of opinions. One thing is for sure, the party is going to have to rethink its postures and strategies very thoroughly and very soon, or the democrats could be in power for two decades.
Bingo! Except a large percentage of the base will exclude at the drop of a hat and see compromise as failure.
If you change the platfom then get a new name. How about Dem/GOP The new party for everyone!
There is no room in the GOP for moderates or RINOs any longer. We saw the result when the GOP fields a moderate candidate for president.
The Party needs to offer a choice from the Commie Democrats. The only way to do that is to stick to traditional Republican (and American) values of capitalism, individual responsibility, Judeo-Christian morality, strong defense, law and order, and fiscal responsibility.
It should begin by focusing on small government, national defense and personal responsibility; after that all the other stuff ~ abortion, family values, 2nd amendment, fair taxes ~ can fall in line.
While I don’t believe that any Pubbie could have won this time out, we might have been better off if we had had a candidate who could punch back on the border, climate change and small government.
I think it’s going to be tough getting back into the driver seat. We have to have an awesome, well funded candidate and Barack has to really screw up.
Ah,...actually he’s already scoring in that area.