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Well said. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 07/11/2012 06:56:36 PM
As I wrote to another friend on FB,

Fact: White people, as a share of the voting population, continue to decline.
Fact: According to the WSJ, Romney lost by almost 40 percentage points among Hispanics, by almost 50 points among Asians and by about 80 points among Black people.

Auguste Comte said it best, "Demographics is destiny". Oh sure, a person can swing things here and there but by and large the statement holds. And while the Republican leadership continue to alienate the fastest growing segments in the population with their exclusionary policies, they will find it increasingly hard to win elections on the national stage. They need a paradigm shift - i.e. give up their reactionary policies on immigration and remember that their own revered Reagan reached a compromise that led to amnesty for the illegal immigrants in the US in the 80s.

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My own thoughts on the election results - 07/11/2012 06:12:26 PM 1475 Views
I feel bad - 07/11/2012 06:51:03 PM 1059 Views
Well said. - 07/11/2012 06:56:36 PM 1142 Views
Romney might have been a good president - 07/11/2012 07:10:14 PM 1053 Views
Good points all. Somehow I don't really think they'll take them to heart any time soon, though... - 07/11/2012 08:00:56 PM 1120 Views
Re: Hillary. - 07/11/2012 08:13:25 PM 1011 Views
A lot of people seem to think she will. - 07/11/2012 08:26:57 PM 1079 Views
Um - 07/11/2012 09:50:08 PM 1015 Views
Oh. I must've missed that. - 07/11/2012 10:03:28 PM 991 Views
Snowe? Seriously? Chris Christie is far more likely. - 07/11/2012 09:52:25 PM 1006 Views
Chris Christie *was* far more likely. I expect his party to eat him alive after Sandy. - 07/11/2012 09:59:17 PM 1169 Views
Yes, but Christie gained the respect of a lot of moderates for that. - 07/11/2012 10:20:08 PM 994 Views
Moderates don't vote in the primaries *NM* - 07/11/2012 10:21:50 PM 562 Views
Enough of them vote to ensure a Christie victory in a GOP primary. - 08/11/2012 05:09:24 AM 978 Views
It should help him - 07/11/2012 10:22:34 PM 950 Views
I doubt it. - 08/11/2012 03:20:54 PM 987 Views
did you see jon stewart's take on the rove meltdown? - 08/11/2012 05:51:53 PM 1016 Views
Re: I doubt it. - 09/11/2012 03:22:23 AM 1057 Views
Re: Hillary. - 08/11/2012 02:46:57 AM 1563 Views
Very interesting post, Tom. - 08/11/2012 06:13:24 PM 1118 Views

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