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2016 Postmortem

Trajan

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7. For the next four years ....

Reply to RBInMaine (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:13 PM

Nov 2012

I am going to hammer home how the GOP is too moderate, and how they need to be pure, unadulterated conservative ... or they will lose again and again ....

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Does anyone here or anywhere really think the GOP base is going to moderate? NO WAY IN HELL! [View all] RBInMaine Nov 2012 OP

agree patrice Nov 2012 #1

That would be just like this cartoon..... ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #2

The facts in your first paragraph on geography of the GOP core won't change. As you say, the AlinPA Nov 2012 #3

BIG civil wars in the GOP IF they CAVE on Immigration, Dream Act, & Fiscal Cliff. GONNA BE FUN ! RBInMaine Nov 2012 #8

agree vadermike Nov 2012 #4

Mostly agree, but those ethnocentric rednecks dominating the R base aren't going back to Ike. RBInMaine Nov 2012 #9

Total Agreement FireandIce59 Nov 2012 #5

agree for sure... blue sky at night Nov 2012 #6

For the next four years .... Trajan Nov 2012 #7

The GOP have gone insane jambo101 Nov 2012 #10

The Southern Strategy dooms them from being able to change johnlucas Nov 2012 #11

Even though it looks like the R party is dying they still control the HOR and millions voted for rhett o rick Nov 2012 #12

Split the party. Please. Myrina Nov 2012 #13