If Hillary wants the Presidency, she’ll win. The majority of this center-left country’s voters don’t have the capacity to think critical. If she runs, Hillary will win because she’s: 1. A democrat and 2. A Clinton.
Conservatives need to shift focus to the states, the U.S. House and maybe the Senate. The White House isn’t winnable by anyone but democrats now.
critical = critically
RE: If Hillary wants the Presidency, she’ll win.
So, she will be the female and Democratic version of Ronald Reagan. She will be nearly 70 when 2016 comes.
Bunk.
What we need however is for “Republicans” to support America.
That means, American jobs. Now.
We do not have time for another blowout. We do not have time for yet more jobs exported to China, and massive trade deficits from just imports.
America need jobs. Now. America needs Republicans to support American jobs.
Now.
“Conservatives need to shift focus to the states, the U.S. House and maybe the Senate. The White House isn’t winnable by anyone but democrats now.”
A cogent and prescient assessment.
I think it’s time for conservatives (note that I didn’t say “Republicans”) to face reality — the Republican party is no longer a “national party”, but is shrinking into a “regional” one. Yes, Republicans continue to have influence (in many cases, strong influence) in the red states, and some influence in the “purple” states, but in certain areas of the country they are now shut out of power and have little hope of ever regaining it.
We are seeing the Republican party (nationally) becoming the same as the Republican party of California existed for the last twenty years or so. That is to say, in years to come the Pubbies may still have the opportunity (at the national level) to mount sufficient opposition to prevent the majority ‘rat party from enacting everything it wishes, but they’ll never gain enough power to effectively “take the reigns of government” again. This is how the Republicans functioned in California for years, at least until last November’s election that effectively wiped them out of power there.
The next 4-6 years are going to give us a better idea of how the future is going to go, or how quickly things are going to deteriorate.
2014: Will the Republicans make any gains in Congress? Or will they barely “hold on”? Or, will they actually suffer losses?
2016: Will the Republicans win the presidency? Or will they lose once again, even in the wake of 8 years’ worth of Obammunism? If the ‘rats take the presidency, how much influence will the Pubbies retain in Congress? Could they actually lose even more seats?
The conventional wisdom no longer applies, because the foundations upon which conventional wisdom had previsouly been based, have changed. Remember all the pundits claiming that no president with Obama’s economic numbers could be re-elected? Where are they now?
If we don’t see the Republicans begin to claw their way back in ‘14 and ‘16, I’m not sure what can revive their fortunes.
As I said above, the Republicans may find themselves “Californized” in the footsteps of the Republican legislators of that state. Not a good future….