[superloser]

White evangelicals' share of the electorate remained the same. They comprised about one in four voters, 26 percent, in both 2008 and 2012.

Evidently, getting 26% of the electorate is not enough to win an election any longer.

A bigger tent is needed, and that means not necessarily compromising, but getting less strident about social issues that turn off the rest of the electorate you need in order to win.

[txnativegop]

Well said.

[xzins]

The liberal coalition has blacks, hispanics, young women, etc.

Evangelicals are just one part of the conservative coalition. We have insisted on just two major concerns: pro-life and natural marriage. The Catholic voting bloc has those same two concerns.

Do you want to switch to pro-abortion?

Do you want to switch to support for gay marriage?

[JediJones]

A bigger tent is needed, and that means not necessarily compromising, but getting less strident about social issues that turn off the rest of the electorate you need in order to win.

So you're saying Romney was too "strident" on social issues?

LOL...

[Colonel_Flagg]

Evidently, getting 26% of the electorate is not enough to win an election any longer.

Let's try an analogy. If 26 percent of the population of your town said they wanted to burn your house down, would you listen to them? Of course you would.

So why the hatred of social conservatives? Any Republican coalition-builder who wants to win national elections has to consider them. The problem with today's Republican Party is that one in four people who vote are being ignored.