re: #112 iceweasel

Notice that the Dems didn’t start winning elections until 2006. They had to purge the Nader people, and start looking at why they were losing elections, instead of whining about stolen elections and an unfair media.

You can’t win unless you grab independents, moderates, and the centre.

You can’t win by purging everyone but the extremist elements.

But that’s what the GOP is currently doing. They say everyone is a RINO, and they’re crying that they only lost because of the media— stupid voters— any excuse other than reality: You lose an election because the electorate wanted the other guy.

The GOP has to purge the extremist elements and forge a philosophy that attracts moderates, independents, and people in the centre. If they really endorse fiscal conservatism, a lot of people who are Democrats would vote for them too.

But didn’t the Democrats get a huge assist from the Iraq War and then the economy? I’d say many of those 2006 voters who weren’t already Democrats were voting against Republicans rather than for Democrats. Did the Democrats really change (aside from the small changes which always occur from election to election) or did they just let the Republicans hang themselves?