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Originally Posted by MysticCat
The conversation got interesting on CNN after the election was called last night, centering on what the results mean long term for the Republican Party. The gist was Bill Clinton made the White House a viable goal for Democrats again (Carville noting that the Democratic candidate has won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 presidential elections) by moving toward the center, and that the question now is who in the GOP can do the same for it. I know I've heard many Republican friends say a similar thing: Their base is shrinking, and they have got to find a way to broaden it or they're going to have a harder and harder time in presidential elections. And that will involve moving away from the Tea Partiers and more hard-core conservatives and toward the center.
The problem is that these days, moderates don't win primaries. |
Yup, the GOP arguably tea-partied itself out of control of the Senate. Several of last night's losers beat out much more viable moderate candidates in primaries, e.g. Akin, Mourdock.
One interesting thing is that the socially conservative message should play well with Latinos, but they aren't able to pull it off.