Nonsense. Stepping across an imaginary line on a map can’t turn a good idea into a bad idea or vice versa.
Obviously, you are missing the point. The objective of the GOP is to get back the WH. They should use whatever tools are at their disposal to achieve that goal.
The 2012 election demonstrated that we are now at a tipping point. We reelected a failed President who defied political gravity including high unemployment, a huge increase in our national debt, and slow economic growth. No President in our history has ever been reelected with this kind of record.
Obama was reelected because of the rapidly changing demographics of this country fueled by immigration and higher minority birthrates. The electoral map shows that states like VA and FL are purple trending blue. You can toss in Colorado, Nevada, NM, and even AZ.
If the Reps can use their power in swing states to change the way electoral votes are allocated--much like what is already being done in Maine and Nebraska--they have an opportunity to make Presidential elections more competitive, at least in the short term. Demographically, we are living on borrowed time. By 2019 half of the children under 18 are minorities and by 2042 half of the country will be minorities as defined by the USG. Toss in more and more Americans being dependent upon Big Government and you have the recipe for the Dems being the permanent majority party for generations to come, if they are not already.
Unless the GOP decides to fight back with every tool at its disposal, they are finished. We are becoming a center left country. If we can't get control of the national levers of policymaking, we will continue to lose elections nationally.
In the meantime, the Dems and their useful idiot RINO allies are pushing for direct election of the President nullifying the electoral college. They are well on their was way to doing this by an end run of the Constitution thru the National Popular Vote which uses state compacts.
The Dems are also engaged in massive voter fraud using their big city machines to counterbalance the votes from the rest of the state. Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, etc. provide the margins of victory with scores of precincts voting 100% for the Dems.
Changing the way certain states allocate electoral votes buys us time. You use it in selected states. Texas would not be one of them. Do you have any better ideas for getting back the WH? And don't give me this crap about communicating better the conservative message.