The Republican party is becoming really incoherent. If you told me back in late 2009 that they were going to nominate a guy that implemented universal healthcare with an individual mandate in his state, then I would have called you crazy. I mean this is the main thing that started the Tea Party. They got upset that the Democrats tried to change the health system. And now they have someone who has done something similar as their flag barer? So short sighted. And after the conservative walk back from the individual mandate, what is their solution to out of control growth in healthcare costs? You can be mad all you want at ACA, but how are you going to fix it. We will hit a wall eventually if you leave the problem to fester. Just incredibly short sighted.
Also, this focus on the white male/older voter demographic is dumb. If you are losing minorities by 4:1 ratio and you are picking a fight that turns off women voters, then you are begging to lose. I mean the ads write themselves. I'm sure they can tally up votes not only on contraception, but the Fair Pay Act and now this Domestic Violence Act. Sure you could win the white male vote by 70%, but if you lose women by 60%, then you have achieve nothing.
When Romney gets the nomination, he needs to get off these social issues asap. The only message they need to hit is economic. Stay away from healthcare and foreign policy because let's face it; Romney will not do anything different on the foreign policy point than what is currently going on. He knows a war with Iran will doom his economic plans with a spike in oil prices. At least I hope he isn't stupid. He needs to keep the spot light off himself and constantly on the President. Only way he wins. Attack, attack, attack. Doing gafs and anything else leads to a lost.
Also a safe VP pick. Maybe someone from the South that is religious. I don't know if Rick Perry would be good, but he sure brings some good qualities and lots of money. He has already been vetted, but his debate skills are really poor. But he only has to do one. And if Sarah Palin can do it, surely an Aggie can (Texas people will get the joke.) But the VP definitely needs to be religious and come from the South or Midwest because those are the areas Romney is losing.
Edit: Also I haven't seen Besada in a long time. Always enjoyed his posts. He has been around you know. I wonder if he knows that we have been moved to Community.