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2016 Postmortem

RomneyLies

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4. To survive as a national party for more than another decade, they MUST jettison the crazy base

Reply to pipewrench (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:34 PM

Nov 2012

unfortunately, to jettison the crazy base, they MUST accept short term losses in return for long term viability.

Since corporate America operates quarter to quarter, they're going with short term viability and will die as a major national party within a decade.

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New England GOP decline continues amid losses [View all] pipewrench Nov 2012 OP

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thanks for your insight. pipewrench Nov 2012 #5

To survive as a national party for more than another decade, they MUST jettison the crazy base RomneyLies Nov 2012 #4