In 2008 130 million people voted. In 2012 only 118 million voted. About 12 million stayed home. Who were they? Ron Paul supporters, Evangelical Christians and Reagan Democrats. Ron Paul supporters were dissed at the convention and Christians were told to keep a low profile. Obama turned off the Reagan Democrats who could not vote GOP thus stayed home. If the GOP can reach out to these three groups, maybe the election result in 2012 would be different.
Boehner..........2013
IMHO, time for Ret. Lt. Col. Allen West to run ! Far different than Ret. Gen. Colon Powell. IMHO, I always thought of Colon as being very weak.
absolutely NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too soon for me to think about it. Still treating my headache from last night.
Rubio and/or Martinez will be on the next GOP ticket. There is probably no way around it.
We are obviously increasingly unable to win national elections because of how badly we lose with women and minorities. Therefore, I’d imagine both slots on our next ticket will be a minority and/or woman. It’s sad that identity politics is so important, but it is and we are going to have to run with that.
They were discussing this on the radio today. Conservatism is perceived as a value of white, Christian, male, rural/small town types. Yesterday, Latinos overwhelming supported a candidate who is diametrically opposed to conservative values. Are we to believe that Latinos are going to have an ideological transformation because conservatives run a Latino? I wouldn’t have a problem supporting a Latino or any other minority — for the right reasons. But I remember hearing talk about Rubio and Jindal in the past and behind the talk was the idea that we have a “colored guy” too. I want the best man/woman for the job. I don’t care about race.
Typical GOP - try to appeal to hispanics by running an hispanic. Where’s the platform for them? These guys will never learn.
Marco Rubio, the guy who couldn’t deliver Florida for Romney? That Marco Rubio?
Not for me.
I will not vote for any candidate with questionable loyalty.
It’s highly unlikely that I would vote for a Hispanic or black candidate. (One exception would be Sowell. He’d get my enthusiastic vote, but of course, he’s not running. Also a bit too old. But I do love how he thinks.) A black or Hispanic who puts racial identity first or who panders will never get my vote. A muslim will never get my vote. A “token” candidate will never get my vote. An affirmative action candidate will never get my vote.
There was a time when I would have voted for Colin Powell. His traitorous race-first attitude has poisoned the well and has made most black candidates suspect.
Rubio has shown too much interest in preferential treatment for Hispanics.
It’s not a matter of racism (though you can feel free to call me whatever you like). It’s a matter of Americanism. I will only vote for a true American. One who was born and RAISED here.
Look: Stop playing this crap. Skin tone is a liberal game.
What the next candidate needs to be is CONSERVATIVE.
The ONLY thing that will haul the CONSERVATIVE BASE out IN FORCE is a Reaganite (Socon + Ficon + Defcon)
I can guarantee you that it will be found that the Evangelical Christians were split, and that is why you lost.
That anyone expected to win with that yankee gun-grabbin baby-killer in the first place is an amazement to me.
This was entirely predictable.
The country just reelected a communist for four more years. He rules by executive order and there are no checks on his power. What makes you think there will be elections in 2016?
Doesn’t matter. Our huge welfare state and economy-stifling regulations are built-in to the system and impossible to remove. The only solution is to start a new country.
If she has strong economic conservative principles, it doesn’t matter if she evn speaks English at this point. Oh, and is a full on lesbian. Lets out-group identity the libs. An illegal alien lesbian. But what if they run a tranny?
Jindal
There is Scott Walker - conservative who can win in a liberal state.
The GOP has a big farm bench. There are popular conservative gvernors it can field for President.
It just needs to find a solid conservative candidate. Someone who I could be happy to vote for and doesn’t make me feel like I have to support the lesser of two evils!
2016? LOLOL!
Cue up the Natural birthers...
Jeb Bush vs. Biden or Jeb Bush vs. Hillary. Count on it.
Haley on top. Women are a bigger group than hispanics.