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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Lost Party
The strangest primary season in memory reveals a GOP thats tearing itself apart.
http://nymag.com/news/features/gop-primary-heilemann-2012-3/
A long, but really well written and in-depth article for all you political junkies.
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The Lost Party (Original Post)
CanonRay
Feb 2012
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Raven
(13,893 posts)1. The Republicans stand to lose an entire
generation in the new young first time voters and the women. This may take decades to repair because the guys/gals waiting in the wings for 2016 are no bargain either.
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)2. an interesting analysis.
and a good read.
thanks for posting.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)3. great article
DCBob
(24,689 posts)4. The GOPers are on their heals.
Many sound like they are giving up on this election. Somehow I think they might regroup by November and make this a competitive contest. They have too many advantages to just throw in the towel.
CanonRay
(14,104 posts)5. As much as I'd like to see them self-destruct
I thought they would after '64 and after Nixon resigned, but it didn't happen.