It’s not working as it’s not been tried to begin with.
It is a simple logic problem. Can you go right by moving left? No. But we collectively are not even holding the line. Every move takes us leftward. And Mitt was a leap left. Even if you voted for him, I don’t know how that can be denied.
The GOP saw the sheer number of people willing to compromise and so they went left. Bhoner’s BS since the election proved that.
I know we can’t get it all at once. But if we do not stand ground, we lose ground, not gain any.
But I sincerely do not think we (as a nation) would have moved farther Left with Romney replacing Obama. And electing Romney surely would not have turned me more Left any more than it would have you. The nation as a whole would have moved Right, imperceptible as that would have appeared to a great many people.
I just want to stop the all-or-nothing approach and work in small, simple steps. It makes it easier for everyone to "get on the bandwagon", and is not losing ground, it's moving forward, hopefully in a way that the libs have difficulty fighting/resisting.