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In reply to the discussion: Karl Rove: GOP Needs To Copy Howard Dean’s 50 State Strategy [View all]JVS
(61,935 posts)29. I think he's wrong. The republicans did quite well in 2010 even in historically blue states.
WI, MA, PA, NJ, and MI were all traditionally democratic states that went red. This seems to indicate that the local branches of the republican party have some vitality to them and are not automatically ceding the state. I think the bigger problem was that the republican nomination process gave a really belligerent base a stage from which to turn off swing voters. Their message control was terrible this election.
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And they need to be instantly squashed like bugs wherever they appear.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2012
#1
I worry about 2014. Democratic voters tend to disappear in off year elections. Repugs already have
Pryderi
Nov 2012
#5
if repugs keep up with their whole obstruction of democracy thing- voters WILL come out in 2014.
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#34
Over the last century, the party in power at the federal level tends to lose power in the states
davidn3600
Nov 2012
#42
I don't think it will happen this time. The Dems are smelling the blood in the water and
kelliekat44
Nov 2012
#44
As you can see by my post count, I'm not a chatty cathy, but I did enjoy reading it.
justice1
Nov 2012
#38
Who else had the cajones to say this...everyone else danced around it, Dean said it.
EmeraldCityGrl
Nov 2012
#23
I can tell you that here in NY republicans do not break 35% anymore, and Thank God for it.
hrmjustin
Nov 2012
#26
I think he's wrong. The republicans did quite well in 2010 even in historically blue states.
JVS
Nov 2012
#29
No, they need to grow a conscience and start treating people like human beings instead of "moochers"
melody
Nov 2012
#33
Uh, wouldn't that mean moving to a platform that doesn't suck the ass of the dead?
HughBeaumont
Nov 2012
#47