never before has a president won with an economy this bad.
this was the republican's election to win, and they lost. they lost BAD.
they will really need to reinvent themselves.
the republican party may "re-invent" itself, AGAIN. but the conservatives will not. this is in the nature of conservatives. conservatism endures even when the parties fail by trying too hard to be the winners at all cost.
even in liberal ass california many conservative ideas are entrenched so deeply that even george clooney cant change us.
if the republican party strays farther from the conservative base they will wither and die, and i wont shed a tear for them. the democrats enjoy reinventing themselves and controlling the electorate with lies and guilt. that doesnt work for conservatives, and this is why the democrats are populist demagogues, not leaders. the republican party has been playing the populist game and thats why they are losing. a real leader like Theodore Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan will slam the door on the demagogues and get our nation back on track, but this leader will not likely be a republican. he sure as shit will not be a democrat.
conservatives dont change into liberals because they need to change to win. liberals sure do change to conservatives when the polls show liberalism isnt selling well. eventually maybe we will have a real conservative party, but such a party will not take your advice and become populist liberals. liberalism loves to play the weathervane and swing with the mildest breeze, but a weathervane doesnt get shit done, it takes a FARMER to plow a feild.