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What can republicans do to get back to their great success in the 1980s?
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:04 am
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:04 am
They were winning national elections by comfortable margins in that time. What can they do to get back to that level of electoral success?
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A THREAD DISCUSSING POLICY SUCCESS, BUT POLITICAL SUCCESS.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A THREAD DISCUSSING POLICY SUCCESS, BUT POLITICAL SUCCESS.
This post was edited on 10/25/14 at 1:06 am
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:21 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
stop treating women like children.
That shite don't fly in this century.
That shite don't fly in this century.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:27 am to asurob1
quote:
stop treating women like children.
The R's aren't the ones who insist on coddling grown women.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:31 am to asurob1
quote:, ever heard of life of julia?
stop treating women like children.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:34 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Name calling
Race baiting
Sloganeering
It's effective.
Race baiting
Sloganeering
It's effective.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:38 am to asurob1
asurob, remember "The Life of Julia"? That wasn't a Republican idea. "Julia" was treated like a kid for her entire life by government.
HHM, there were a shitload of Rs on the sidelines for the last election. They were disgusted w/ the candidate because he wasn't a conservative, so I don't think there's any way you can separate policy and politics.
That being said, I think Republicans have to get fricking mean when it comes to criticizing Dems...like Dems do to Republicans. They have to get people's emotions flowing like the Dems are so good at. At the same time, they have to make people feel empowered about their own abilities to improve their own lives. Even though this country seems to have gone off the collectivist deep end, I think the message of self-improvement and initiative still resonates w/ a lot of people.
HHM, there were a shitload of Rs on the sidelines for the last election. They were disgusted w/ the candidate because he wasn't a conservative, so I don't think there's any way you can separate policy and politics.
That being said, I think Republicans have to get fricking mean when it comes to criticizing Dems...like Dems do to Republicans. They have to get people's emotions flowing like the Dems are so good at. At the same time, they have to make people feel empowered about their own abilities to improve their own lives. Even though this country seems to have gone off the collectivist deep end, I think the message of self-improvement and initiative still resonates w/ a lot of people.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:38 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
ever heard of life of julia?
Damn, beat me to it.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:54 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Come into the 21st century.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 2:01 am to PhoenixLSUTiger
quote:Interesting. Considering thee main tenet of conservatism is a belief in a timeless moral order, changing simply because time changes would make the republican party remarkably unconservative, and it is never healthy for a country to have two parties of the same ideology.
Come into the 21st century.
I will say, however, that democrats are using economic policies from the 1940s and 1960s. Do they also have to move?
Posted on 10/25/14 at 2:49 am to genro
The republicans hold the house, will probably hold the senate and hold 31 governors seats.
I think the op doesn't realize that the electoral college puts republicans at a disadvantage, especially after allowing latinos to take over California and to influence a lot of western states.
The west which was once strongly republican has been baraged by illegals for 30 years, many of them are voting.
I think the op doesn't realize that the electoral college puts republicans at a disadvantage, especially after allowing latinos to take over California and to influence a lot of western states.
The west which was once strongly republican has been baraged by illegals for 30 years, many of them are voting.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 4:23 am to S.E.C. Crazy
Perhaps acting like republicans of the 80s. Reagan would be a RINO today.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 5:04 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Pendulum swings.
Carter looked inept and Ronnie cleaned his clock. R's were swept in on a rising tide of conservative sentiment.
BHO makes Carter look like a Jedi master. Incumbent D's facing reelection are jumping off the Obama ship like drowning rats.
R's will be in for a few election cycles then it will swing back the other way.
Carter looked inept and Ronnie cleaned his clock. R's were swept in on a rising tide of conservative sentiment.
BHO makes Carter look like a Jedi master. Incumbent D's facing reelection are jumping off the Obama ship like drowning rats.
R's will be in for a few election cycles then it will swing back the other way.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 6:27 am to reverendotis
Nevermind
This post was edited on 10/25/14 at 6:29 am
Posted on 10/25/14 at 6:35 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Try putting forth candidates who are likable but are not afraid to state the policies that they believe in and stick by them.
Reagan was a very likable man, but he took no bullshite in the political arena. He stuck up for concervatives without demeaning others.
Reagan was a very likable man, but he took no bullshite in the political arena. He stuck up for concervatives without demeaning others.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 6:49 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
a.) Broaden base. If the GOP doesn't make inroads with Blacks and Latinos in the next 20 years, it's over. Suggesting that Blacks and Latinos aren't smart enough to vote in their best interest doesn't help.
b.) Minimize power of loony tune right wing and actually pursue sane/workable small government solutions (not trying to do shite like eliminate the IRS - or implement the fair tax - it's not happening - pick something that can pass). Sometimes I the the GOP is trying to lose with some of their ideas.
c.) The 47% attitude (as if to say all 47% are republicans) is off-putting. Claims of "class warfare" over progressive tax structure that has been in place for 80 years irritates people. Screaming for entitlement cuts while in the same breath suggesting there is not room for military cuts is asinine.
b.) Minimize power of loony tune right wing and actually pursue sane/workable small government solutions (not trying to do shite like eliminate the IRS - or implement the fair tax - it's not happening - pick something that can pass). Sometimes I the the GOP is trying to lose with some of their ideas.
c.) The 47% attitude (as if to say all 47% are republicans) is off-putting. Claims of "class warfare" over progressive tax structure that has been in place for 80 years irritates people. Screaming for entitlement cuts while in the same breath suggesting there is not room for military cuts is asinine.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 6:52 am to stuntman
quote:
I think Republicans have to get fricking mean when it comes to criticizing Dems...like Dems do to Republicans. They have to get people's emotions flowing like the Dems are so good at.
Yeah only democrats do that
Posted on 10/25/14 at 7:22 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Why aren't people fretting over the Dems not holding the house regularly anymore like they did for decades?
They are probably about to lose the Senate too. But the GOP is the only party with problems?
They are probably about to lose the Senate too. But the GOP is the only party with problems?
This post was edited on 10/25/14 at 7:26 am
Posted on 10/25/14 at 8:02 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
People were saying the Dems were dead as a party after the 04 elections. This shite is cyclical
R's will have held the Presidency 20 years to the Dems 16 by 2016 elections. Who controls each chamber has gone back and forth.... It's pretty even. Dems won with a popular Obama riding the dissent of those who were sick of Bushs failed policies.
People are sick of the Dems failures now and the tide is turning again
R's will have held the Presidency 20 years to the Dems 16 by 2016 elections. Who controls each chamber has gone back and forth.... It's pretty even. Dems won with a popular Obama riding the dissent of those who were sick of Bushs failed policies.
People are sick of the Dems failures now and the tide is turning again
Posted on 10/25/14 at 9:28 am to a want
When is your party going to make inroads with white people ? I doubt you will because they see your sorry azz party playing racial politics and see you pimping out blacks and latinos by race baiting. It is the youth the is being brain washed by your fellow commie brothern professors that is the real threat.
Once this country fails because of democrats tax and spend policies along with their illegal alien agenda I have a feeling the white people are going to start voting en bloc to get rid of your idiot party.
Once this country fails because of democrats tax and spend policies along with their illegal alien agenda I have a feeling the white people are going to start voting en bloc to get rid of your idiot party.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 9:39 am to asurob1
quote:
stop treating women like children.
Still a parrot for "war on women" I see. And if you want to give examples of your accusation we are all waiting to read and discuss them.
I would try leading for once and not being beholding to pollsters.
Real leaders of either side are a rare commodity these days.
Merica!
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