The first Obama vote had a very large contingent of “being part of history by voting for a black man” in it. Notice that the 2nd vote had about 5M less voters for the R and 3M (need to verify that number) for the D’s. No one was excited by either big government candidate.
I believe that the number of votes cast in 2012 was aproximately 130M votes. Yet, there are upwards of 230M legal citizens 18 or older. Look at the numbers. The 2012 margin of victory was by 9M (again need to verify,) therefore you only need to swing 5M votes to change a presidential election.
5M/230M = 2.2% of the voting age population
The fact is that in the 2012 election, 5M fewer voters turned out for Romney than they did for McCain in 2008. I am highly doubtful that McCain was carrying a much more conservative message than Romney....so I’d wager that this vote difference can be credited to Sarah Palin, who carried a conservative message which brought excitement to the base.
Again, looking at history proves that a Conservative (liberty, freedom, capitalism) message resonates with Americans. When it is spoken plainly and with confidence, it wins. The problem is that the only Modern President to carry the message to the people, Reagan, was fought by the same GOP saps that are fighting the Tea Party today.
The answer is not to dampen the message and therefore drive your base AWAY from the polls, it is to DEEPEN the message and attract the Reagan Democrats.
However, I will admit that the GOP is following your suggested strategy of modifying the message to fit the media narrative. That is precisely why there is no excitement for this election season and why the GOP will likely get to 51 seats in the Senate, when they could have had 55 or 56.
Ask yourself why the tightest races right now are in KS and GA. The GOP should have double digit leads in those states....
“I cannot believe that the people who voted Obola in twice are closet conservatives, just waiting for a true conservative to vote for.”
That is not at all what I said.
However, if you are right and I am wrong, then our country is lost and there will be bloodshed in my lifetime. I hope you don’t have any children that will suffer the coming consequences.
If I am right and IF the GOP listens, then there is hope to change direction peacefully.
Only time will tell....