Two visions of the electorate

Dumb and dumber?

Alienate people, then wonder why they don’t listen to you, much less vote for you. Four years from now it won’t be 47%, it will be well over 50% (a person turns 65 and goes onto medicare every 7 seconds, do the math). What’s the plan then? Tell over half the voting public they’re parasites?

Only the big tent is going to save the party.

RINOs are people too on November 8, 2012 at 5:17 PM

You’d have a point if Romney had ever done anything to alienate anyone other than conservatives.

Only the big tent is going to save the party.

… very real demographic changes are tilting the electoral map towards the Democrats.

Bullcrap! Conservatism isn’t or white men only. It is a philosophy that can appeal to anyone.

Why is there this assumption on the Left that minorities are natural Liberals?

We must have watched a completely different campaign

They advocated keeping current benefits for older people and retirees, but changing the rest.

blatantblue on November 8, 2012 at 4:58 PM

Yeah, we must have, because what I saw was that in an attempt to gain south FL votes and out of fear of the usual Dem demogoguery, we had the bizarre spectacle of a GOP candidate setting himself up as a guardian of the welfare state.

He did no such friggin’ thing. He BECAME the friggin’ Third Rail. He ran as the Medicaid candidate.

ddrintn on November 8, 2012 at 4:48 PM

We must have watched a completely different campaign

They advocated keeping current benefits for older people and retirees, but changing the rest.

Yes, it does – in part – have to do with Bush. Fairly or not a not insignificant segment of the electorate blames him for the financial crisis.

Sure, most of them are liberals but I think a number of swing voters think so too.

SteveMG on November 8, 2012 at 4:39 PM

So, what you are saying is that Dems let it burn after the 2006 elections?