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Well said. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 07/11/2012 06:56:36 PM
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.

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My own thoughts on the election results - 07/11/2012 06:12:26 PM 1161 Views
I feel bad - 07/11/2012 06:51:03 PM 747 Views
Well said. - 07/11/2012 06:56:36 PM 854 Views
Romney might have been a good president - 07/11/2012 07:10:14 PM 770 Views
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 813 Views
Re: Hillary. - 07/11/2012 08:13:25 PM 721 Views
A lot of people seem to think she will. - 07/11/2012 08:26:57 PM 794 Views
Um - 07/11/2012 09:50:08 PM 727 Views
Oh. I must've missed that. - 07/11/2012 10:03:28 PM 711 Views
Snowe? Seriously? Chris Christie is far more likely. - 07/11/2012 09:52:25 PM 716 Views
Chris Christie *was* far more likely. I expect his party to eat him alive after Sandy. - 07/11/2012 09:59:17 PM 882 Views
Yes, but Christie gained the respect of a lot of moderates for that. - 07/11/2012 10:20:08 PM 721 Views
Moderates don't vote in the primaries *NM* - 07/11/2012 10:21:50 PM 403 Views
Enough of them vote to ensure a Christie victory in a GOP primary. - 08/11/2012 05:09:24 AM 700 Views
It should help him - 07/11/2012 10:22:34 PM 668 Views
I doubt it. - 08/11/2012 03:20:54 PM 702 Views
did you see jon stewart's take on the rove meltdown? - 08/11/2012 05:51:53 PM 718 Views
Re: I doubt it. - 09/11/2012 03:22:23 AM 761 Views
Re: Hillary. - 08/11/2012 02:46:57 AM 1154 Views
Very interesting post, Tom. - 08/11/2012 06:13:24 PM 820 Views

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