In 2012 the GOP lost to one of the worst presidential incumbents in US History. The Democrats proceeded to benefit Democrat insiders to the detriment of all others. African-Americans, Millenials, senior citizens, Californians, New Yorkers....they have all fared poorly under Democratic rule. So has just about everyone else.
Georgia should not be close. North Carolina should not be close. New Hampshire should not be close. Kentucky should be a McConnell landslide. Al Franken should be a notch on the GOP belt. Virginia should be in play. Kansas? Alaska? Colorado? These should be slam dunks. Super majority should be the goal. 60 Congressional seats should be in play.
In the words of another writer (and I would give him credit if I was using the machine with the bookmarked browser) Romney was called out on strikes. I think he also said Newr would have gone down swinging. I would rather win with Romney/Rove/Priebus than lose with Gingrich. But if I'm going to lose I would rather back a Palin or a Gingrich or an Allen West who will mount some kind of fight.
The passive run out the clock/hope for a walk/rope-a-dope/race to finish/prevent defense/McClellan on steroids strategy is clearly a failure. Romney lost in 2012 because millions of likely GOP voters stayed home. He did not give them a reason to turn out. Every independent saw Obama as a cancer but Romney did not make the case that he was the cure. Something very similar could happen next week. If Priebus chokes on this one, if he cannot even make the case that his party is the lesser evil, it is time to kill the elephant and sell its ivory on ebay.
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