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What next for Romney and the Republican party? TheCrownless Send a noteboard - 07/11/2012 03:51:50 PM
The results are in and show Obama has won another term, but is it all over for Romney and where do the GOP go from here?

I've seen some comments from GOP supporters that they should have put forward a "proper" conservative, given the changing demographics of America is that really wise? For the first time the white vote has dipped below 75% and the latino and black votes went up.

Does Romney have some future here if he can be the bipartisan focus to rally around the Republican party and support Obama in helping America regain it's footing? His speech was indicating that's the way he actually felt (something that would have won him votes if he wasn't attached to the more unpleasant aspects of the GOP) It's clear it needs to start appealing to more demographics than the older white male because it just doesn't win you elections. If the Republican party support Obama (who has shown his popularity isn't going anywhere) then one way or another they're going to be able to say "look, we were supportive of what the people want but it hasn't worked, give us a chance to do it our way" or if it all goes well they can say they played their part in the recovery and shown themselves capable of governing.

A divided America doesn't suit the Republican party because their core is getting smaller while the Democrats are getting easy votes from minority and misrepresented groups. If they keep road blocking the party the people have elected then this is only going to get worse.

Is it time for them to move away from the grossly unpopular social policies such as pro-life and anti-gay marriage (and accept that politically the only option is to give people a choice on how to live their lives) while trying to provide a political and financial alternative? There are very few Republicans who would refuse to vote for the GOP if they agreed to legalise gay marriage but I'm guessing there are a hell of a lot of gay people who will refuse to vote Republican despite agreeing with their fiscal policy.

I'm interested on opinions from both sides, what do you think the Republican party should do now (both on a personal view and what you think would be "best" politically)? If a more moderate party is in order is Romney the man to do that work or is he too toxic now?
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What next for Romney and the Republican party? - 07/11/2012 03:51:50 PM 993 Views
In my view, more moderation is needed. - 07/11/2012 04:17:05 PM 522 Views
Libertarian is the way to go IMO. - 07/11/2012 05:19:29 PM 473 Views
Not yet. - 07/11/2012 06:55:19 PM 625 Views
I am no expert, but I think Romney is done. - 07/11/2012 07:00:33 PM 600 Views
I'd say they're pretty much done - 07/11/2012 07:54:44 PM 488 Views
I'm not sure about that. - 07/11/2012 08:04:33 PM 617 Views
Again, the numbers you cited will continue to shrink every year. - 07/11/2012 08:25:21 PM 993 Views
Well Romney is retiring but no the GOP is hardly 'done' - 08/11/2012 12:51:44 AM 455 Views
I do hope the Republican party have the same lax attitude, I love seeing them lose *NM* - 08/11/2012 12:46:32 PM 228 Views
I imagine lots of idiots feel the same way on both sides about both parties *NM* - 08/11/2012 11:05:29 PM 251 Views
If you're relying on the democrats crashing and burning - 09/11/2012 02:45:41 PM 509 Views
the dems played the "wait for the repubs to crash and burn" strategy and it worked out ok this year - 09/11/2012 05:01:53 PM 563 Views
Off topic, but is your Shift key broken? - 09/11/2012 05:47:12 PM 469 Views
I don't think I've ever seen him use capitalization. *NM* - 09/11/2012 07:00:26 PM 390 Views
do you have similar problems when talking to people with weird hair color or clothes IRL? - 09/11/2012 07:09:24 PM 438 Views
I think he was asking why you do it *NM* - 09/11/2012 07:15:27 PM 233 Views
The Dems learned their lesson from the Gore campaign - 09/11/2012 06:25:23 PM 548 Views
i beg to differ - 09/11/2012 07:22:40 PM 418 Views
The facts speak for themselves - 09/11/2012 07:46:20 PM 582 Views
Re: The facts speak for themselves - 11/11/2012 01:13:05 AM 542 Views
I've also got a question for you - 11/11/2012 02:16:07 PM 440 Views
Re: I've also got a question for you - 11/11/2012 04:51:55 PM 485 Views
Re: I've also got a question for you - 11/11/2012 05:48:52 PM 584 Views
I think you were taking that statement rather literally - 11/11/2012 07:36:14 PM 492 Views
Oh, I can absolutely count on them crahsing and burning, that's a given, happens to both regularly *NM* - 09/11/2012 06:28:51 PM 271 Views
You can't count on exploiting that - 09/11/2012 06:39:47 PM 600 Views
'Mistakes' is subjective, sometimes you have to play your hand - 11/11/2012 01:09:31 AM 470 Views
i think you've hit on a major point here - 11/11/2012 02:08:50 PM 523 Views
It's a matter of perspective - 11/11/2012 05:19:13 PM 628 Views
how are 300+ EVs "the skin of his teeth"? - 08/11/2012 05:46:51 PM 483 Views
Because he barely won them? *NM* - 08/11/2012 11:06:14 PM 214 Views
only OH, NC and FL are within 2% margin, i'd hardly call that "barely won" - 08/11/2012 11:25:54 PM 492 Views
Which is less than Bush 2, Clinton, Reagan, or Nixon? - 09/11/2012 12:26:51 AM 450 Views
i never claimed a death knell for the GOP - 09/11/2012 12:32:00 AM 541 Views
What makes you think Hillary won't be running? - 08/11/2012 06:07:38 PM 463 Views
I won't totally rule it out but I don't see it in the cards - 08/11/2012 11:08:12 PM 450 Views

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