re: #102 HappyWarrior

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.

” or any of the hot cultural issues. “

Sadly I can’t quite agree with you on this.

Abortion still manages to draw a crowd even of relatively young conservatives the way that I don’t quite thing gay marraige can…

That said I did have a roommate for 2 and a half years in college who was a solid fiscal/small government republican who was more or less just as socially liberal as I was.

He was also an African American… I really should take some time to look up his email address and ask him who he plans to vote for in 2012….