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Was Romney too moderate to win?

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Tea party activists blame losses on Republican establishment

Angry tea party activists say Mitt Romney was too moderate and the GOP undermined 'true conservative' candidates.

Mitt Romney's loss to President Obama on Tuesday unleashed predictable angst and debate in a Republican Party that must now decide how to attract a more diverse electorate.

But for conservatives who identify with the tea party, one emotion seemed to dominate all others: a white-hot anger at the Republican establishment. Tea party supporters are angry at the GOP for embracing as its presidential nominee a "moderate" like Romney. For undermining "true conservative" candidates. And for "choosing to ignore" the conservative agenda.

Wednesday, the political direct-mail pioneer Richard Viguerie gathered a group of disenchanted conservatives for a news conference in Washington. Calling Romney's loss "the death rattle" of the GOP, Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, said, "The battle to take over the Republican Party begins today."

He called upon the Republican leadership to resign for its part in the "epic election failure of 2012." That includes Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who has not announced whether he will run for the post again, House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
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Conservatives blame the GOP for nominating a moderate candidate, and conservatives, moderates and libertarians accuse evangelicals of discrediting the ticket and then staying home. Conservatives and moderates accuse libertarians of abandoning the party and allowing an Obama victory, and while many libertarians did vote for the Republicans, many did not, saying that the party betrayed them by not nominating Ron Paul.
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Obviously it was the "true conservative" voters who were dissatisfied that Romney was too moderate and so voted for Obama in droves. That’s how things work. :boggled:
 
DevilsAdvocate said:
Obviously it was the "true conservative" voters who were dissatisfied that Romney was too moderate and so voted for Obama in droves. That’s how things work. :boggled:
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Maybe the "true conservative" voters just stayed home?

Roughly 9 million fewer people voted this time than last time. And about 1 million fewer than in 2004, when South Park famously suggested that it was a choice between a turd sandwich and a giant douche.
 
Conservative, moderate or liberal. New rules:

Embrace reality.
Don't lie.
Have a plan.
Stop smirking.

(And at least show some token disapproval for voter suppression, unless of course you want to encourage it)
 
No true third party would ever work if it was announced with big fanfare machinery. TI would require something truly marvelous, like Big Bird and Big Dog and Ron Paul's army working side by side iwth the Huckabee coalition and Palin's power.
 
Olowkow said:
Conservative, moderate or liberal. New rules:

Embrace reality.
Don't lie.
Have a plan.
Stop smirking.

(And at least show some token disapproval for voter suppression, unless of course you want to encourage it)
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I would say "Smirk wisely."

All through the debate like Romney in the first one & Biden in his can be off putting, but if they were to just acknowledge the lies, half truths, spin, subtly & when a true whopper came out like "jeep is moving to China!" they smirk away, it could be very effective.
 
Tricky said:
Herman Cain thinks there should be a third party. Go for it, Hermie. That worked out so well for conservatives when Ross Perot did it.
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Canadians look at the US and think there ought to be--at a minimum--three parties. The GOP should split into a reasonable conservative faction and a racist loudmouth reality-denying and otherwise batspit crazy faction. It is hard to tell which faction would be bigger.

Similar forces might come to bear on the Democratic Party, and it might split as well.
 
Heard on the radio last week that about 7% of Republicans didn't vote. (Not sure how the heck you arrive at that conclusion.)

If that is true, then the defeat is a self inflicted wound. It should thus not be a surprise, since the GOP has been consistently firing the .45 ACP rounds into its feet since just before the 2006 election.

Those who don't learn from history, and all that ...

2014 election may be interesting, depending upon how nicely that tinderbox known as the Middle East is burning.

EDIT: I have a feeling that a non trivial amount of anti Mormon bigotry drew votes off to elsewhere, or nowhere.

EDIT: Loving my morning's quota of Irish folk with metal mix. Got my Dropkick Murphies, Pogues, and Young Doubliners tunes blaring this morning. May actually get some work done in the garage.
 
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mikedenk said:
His analysis is screwy. However, I can get behind his suggestions regarding Priebus and McConnell. Boehner is okay.
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and guarantee the loss of the "next one", because the GOP can't see past its own delusion, that what they want isnt what AMERICA wants..

that is why you fail.
 
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