Now is when the Republican party will try to tear itself apart looking for why things went the way they did in the election. They will have to pony up to their mega-donors. They will look at every nook and cranny trying to figure out why their "internal polling" was so off base. It's not that hard to see what went wrong... really.
The R's could start by getting real and realize they have attracted the
largest block of bigots in the country. They could realize that lying
to everyone on every issue is a bad idea. They could figure out that
the country is not conservative and will push back when shoved. They
might realize that preaching hatred and being anti-everything is just
plain stupid. Anti: education, union, LGBT, women, Latino, Asian,
Black, Medicare/caid, Social Security, Small Business, Obamacare...
(very long list to follow) is no way to build support. One of their
biggest problems is having spokespersons like Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove,
Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Sean Hannity... and the
like is toxic. They might come to realize that they have developed a
new code language of disparaging America and that gets the attention of
everyone. Many R's have said to me lately that they are embarrassed by
what the party has become and are open to discussing Democratic ideas
going forward. Several I know voted Dem this time because of that
embarrassment.
We will see what level of realization the R's can actually get to but in
the mean time their self inspection brings nothing but vitriol to the
surface. They may just implode in the process and cease to exist as a
party.
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