Link to story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/02/15/president-election-2016-hillary-clinton-column/5340999/
The dems start out with a rock-solid, unassailable guarantee of 250+
EVs before the first vote is tallied, and that’s taking away the blue-trending states of Virginia, Ohio and Florida, and the electoral balance in
2012 was D+6. There’s always a chance Hillary goes room temp or is exposed as a hatchet murderess late in the campaign, though...
My comment is - the GOP needs to listen to Rand Paul. They need to stop trying to out-wonk the Democrats, who have wet dreams figuring out the best way for government to run your life. Instead they need to start talking about Big Ideas, ideas like personal liberty and the opportunity to create better lives for people and their kids and grandkids.
Immigrants don’t come here because we have better free stuff, they come because there is the opportunity to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. The GOP needs to stop trying to out-pander the professional panderers and tell the story of conservatism, libertarianism, and free enterprise.
You don’t like me including libertarianism in that list? Fine, enjoy President Hillary.
They aren’t going to win without us.
The Rust Belt will be the least of the problems — currently the old 2 and 2 split of the four largest states — NY (Blue) CA (Blue) FL (Red) and TX (Red) is going to go out the window in coming years, no matter what is done (or fails to be done) about illegal immigration.
If states assigned Electoral College votes based on the *national* numbers (there was talk about that, did they go through with that?) the Pubbie minority in heavily Blue states would turn out, knowing they’d have more impact on the POTUS.
Overall it’s way past time to dump the Electoral College on its ass; in the same amendment we need term limits on the House and Senate, with no grandfather/mother clause.
The Rust Belt wants jobs. The GOP wants to export jobs. The GOP will do a few head fakes on immigration and Obamacare, or perhaps gin up a war or two to distract. Campaign contributions talk, politicians listen. Main Street is screwed. Looking for work is the new normal. Raises, forget about them.
How about the GOP targets its own base of 6 million who sat home and didn’t vote in 2012?