re: #76 jamesfirecat

Mainly the math looks so bleak because one of the biggest growing sections of our population is Hispanics, and the GOP seems to be doing everything short of showing up at their doorstep in a limo to take them to the polling place when it comes to making them vote democratic…

I can tell you this much, I think G.W Bush is really upset that the GOP has alienated Latinos so much. I didn’t think so at the time I admit but his efforts to court Latinos in to the GOP were genuine and he didn’t play the racial card. I’ve seen Republican officeholders since Bush left outright mock the Spanish language and Latino people. The Republicans need to become more moderate minded on issues like immigration, gay rights, and others if they want to survive IMO. You’re my age, James, you know that most of our peers even those who lean conservative on economics have no or little problems with gays, smoking pot, or any of the hot cultural issues. And the GOP remains focused on social conservatism. Heck, DeMint who has been a kingmaker for a lot of GOP candidates flat out said that you can’t be a fiscal cosnervative without being a social conservative. What he said was nonsense since there are many social liberals out there who are fiscal cons.