As I wrote to another friend on FB,
Fact: White people, as a share of the voting population, continue to decline.
Fact: According to the WSJ, Romney lost by almost 40 percentage points among Hispanics, by almost 50 points among Asians and by about 80 points among Black people.
Auguste Comte said it best, "Demographics is destiny". Oh sure, a person can swing things here and there but by and large the statement holds. And while the Republican leadership continue to alienate the fastest growing segments in the population with their exclusionary policies, they will find it increasingly hard to win elections on the national stage. They need a paradigm shift - i.e. give up their reactionary policies on immigration and remember that their own revered Reagan reached a compromise that led to amnesty for the illegal immigrants in the US in the 80s.
Fact: White people, as a share of the voting population, continue to decline.
Fact: According to the WSJ, Romney lost by almost 40 percentage points among Hispanics, by almost 50 points among Asians and by about 80 points among Black people.
Auguste Comte said it best, "Demographics is destiny". Oh sure, a person can swing things here and there but by and large the statement holds. And while the Republican leadership continue to alienate the fastest growing segments in the population with their exclusionary policies, they will find it increasingly hard to win elections on the national stage. They need a paradigm shift - i.e. give up their reactionary policies on immigration and remember that their own revered Reagan reached a compromise that led to amnesty for the illegal immigrants in the US in the 80s.
My own thoughts on the election results
07/11/2012 06:12:26 PM
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Well said.
07/11/2012 06:56:36 PM
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it's hard to say romney would have been better when he took every side of every issue
07/11/2012 07:10:25 PM
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Do you think Republicans got the message, or will it take one more unnecessary defeat? *NM*
07/11/2012 07:11:50 PM
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Good points all. Somehow I don't really think they'll take them to heart any time soon, though...
07/11/2012 08:00:56 PM
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Re: Hillary.
07/11/2012 08:13:25 PM
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A lot of people seem to think she will.
07/11/2012 08:26:57 PM
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Biden hinted he was thinking about running. But he looks older, so that might benefit her.
07/11/2012 09:18:49 PM
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Um
07/11/2012 09:50:08 PM
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Oh. I must've missed that.
07/11/2012 10:03:28 PM
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Well there has been a slightly more important US politics story for the media to cover of late
07/11/2012 10:18:28 PM
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Snowe? Seriously? Chris Christie is far more likely.
07/11/2012 09:52:25 PM
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Chris Christie *was* far more likely. I expect his party to eat him alive after Sandy.
07/11/2012 09:59:17 PM
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Yes, but Christie gained the respect of a lot of moderates for that.
07/11/2012 10:20:08 PM
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Moderates don't vote in the primaries *NM*
07/11/2012 10:21:50 PM
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Enough of them vote to ensure a Christie victory in a GOP primary.
08/11/2012 05:09:24 AM
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Has been seen as not entirely Republican for quite a while, I think.
07/11/2012 10:08:15 PM
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Dems went through this a generation ago when Reagan branded extremists and made "liberal" a slur
11/11/2012 06:10:00 PM
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It will be interesting whether the GOPs financiers convince its primary voters you are right.
11/11/2012 05:07:43 PM
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