re: #621 Flyers1974

but if a majority are lost because the social issues part of the platform is deemphasized (or even more so, rejected) how do they make up for those lost votes?

Socons aren’t going to vote Democrat, no matter what, so the socons have nowhere else to go. Why the GOP contorts itself over making them happy is a mystery. For every bone they needlessly throw the socons, they lose moderates and wavering lefties. This is what will help them lose future elections. The GOP’s blindness about the situation is, well, staggering.

Fiscal conservatism, strong defense, job expansion, realistic and workable solutions to environmental concerns, smaller government, staying out of people’s personal lives - these are all ideas the GOP can win with. All that other crap to placate socons/ anti-science /the morality blockwatch is as unwise as it is unnecessary. The GOP’s current philosophy is also one guaranteed to lose elections, unless Obama is caught red-handed drowning kittens.