I love how he brings up the base of white voters. Perhaps, but is he trying to argue that Mitt Romney or Pawlenty is going to all of a sudden drive GOP #s among blacks or hispanics? Face it, as long as Obama is around the black vote is gone. Even before Obama the best we could hope for we around 10%. And hispanics? We hurt ourselves with the immigration debate in 07 and the economy but I see no reason why Palin or any other Republican couldn’t get around 35% or so next go-round.
That base of white voters is plenty enough to win. We just need an extra 4 or 5 pts. We got 55% in 2008, down from 58% in 2004. After an awful recession, an unpopular war and an unpopular President it wasn’t a bad showing. We can easily get back to the high 50s, maybe even the low 60s by 2012 if things go right.
It will be Obama’s base base of blacks and liberals who will be too small once the masses realize the con job he pulled and that he’s just another big spending liberal and not the moderate they thought he was.
In fact, that base of white voters has been enough for the GOP win any election since 1968 not influenced by a devastating recession. In 76 when Carter won we went through a recession under Ford, in 92 we went through one under Bush and Clinton one and last year we went through one under Bush and Obama won. Basically, unless the economy stinks, the GOP wins.
I’m finding her book fascinating. The miscarriage was heartbreaking and I know how awful it must be to go through something like that. So far the book is really giving me a better sense of who she is and where she comes from. After reading various reviews, I don’t think any of the writers actually read the book. Or if they did they purposely avoided discussing the more interesting parts.