Thank you for pointing this out. This is exactly what lost NH. We are a fiscally conservative socially liberal state now. ALL the MEN running for major offices lost because the dems promoted the lies that they did not care about womans issues. We lost in NH because we did not win WHITE WOMEN.
Unlike other states we do not have much hispanic or black population. We are better educated on average. We do not have a big welfare state. Our unemployment is lower than the rest of the northeast. We are NOT a big union state. YET, WE GOT OUR BUTTS KICKED. We even lost the NH state house to the dems this year.
IF we want to ever win a national election again we need to stop putting up candidates that they can fear monger us with a womans right to choose. It is a personal issue. Woman do not want anyone telling them what they can do with their own bodies. Especially young women. We need to take this issue off the table.
We also need to stop blaming the media. We all know the MSM is biased. It always will be. However, why didn’t Romney go David Letterman, The Tonight Show ,etc? We need to appeal to younger voters. Did RR spend any time on college campuses?
We need to appeal to Hispanics. This voting block is growing. As they grow, they are becoming wealthier. They have good family values. They are willing to work hard to get ahead. I recently bought a Toyota pickup from a hispanic immigrant. He grew up in Mass. His parents probably came here illegally. I did not ask. He worked 6 days a week, about 10+ hours a day. He was making about 100K. He was married with a new baby. I tried to hire him to work at my business because I was so impressed with him. This is the type of person that belongs in the Republican party. Yet, I would bet if he voted, he probably voted dem.
We NEED to bring these folks into the Republican Party. If we do not, put a fork in us were toast.
I agree with you 100% woodbutch. We got to drop the holier than thow horseshit when it comes to abortion or the batshit biblethumping act when it comes to gays.Shut up an let god sort em out.
There are different way to combat this stuff with out the moronic statements of Akin and Murdock that dragged Mitt down.We can run on a personal responsibilty platform without shoving the other stuff in their face.
Its a different America today.
Thank you for your excellent observations and comments. A lot of conservatives don’t want to face the fact that just being more conservative isn’t going to win elections for us. Demographics are changing, attitudes are becoming more libertine, etc. We don’t have to sacrifice principles, but we are going to have to focus on issues that we can build winning majorities with. The younger generation coming up is open to our message on the economy and foreign policy, but the Republican party is increasingly completely out of touch these days on social attitudes.