re: #43 aagcobb

This is why some in the GOP are talking about winning by getting even whiter, because they can see that the unreconstructed neo-confederates in the GOP have absolutely no interest in rebranding the party to reach out to minorities and women. The thing is that by 2016 the white share of the electorate is going to be even smaller, so the Republicans would have to run hard to get more whites just to stay even with Romney’s losing effort, never mind actually winning. Outside of the southern white evangelical base, lots of whites are just as turned off by the narrow-mindedness and bigotry of the GOP as minorities are. I think that, from the confidence they expressed before the election, a lot of Republicans simply didn’t comprehend just how toxic their brand has become to a lot of people outside of the very narrow demographic the GOP has been pitched to appeal to.

The GOP is beyond re-branding. Their only hope is to bathe in a river of fire and leap out shining, waving the banner of a bright new cause.

Ain’t gonna happen.