RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: Obama won women because Republicans lost the ‘emotional’ vote

[Cali_Democrat]

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Wednesday continued his effort to reach out to minorities and women voters by suggesting that his party had failed to win over “cultural” and “emotional” voters in 2012.

During an interview on MSNBC, guest host Luke Russert gave Priebus an opportunity to explain how the GOP could change its image if it continued to put forward budgets like the one recently offered by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), which could give millionaires a $200,000 tax cut, according to Citizens for Tax Justice.

“Look, we’re not losing the issues on the math,” the RNC chairman insisted. “We’re not losing the issues on spending and debt and jobs and the economy. Those are total winners for us. But what we found in the election is that while we’re winning those arguments on spending and math, we’re losing this sort of emotional/cultural vote out there in presidential elections.”

Russert noted that former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele had recently criticized Priebus for claiming the party was reaching out to African-Americans while pushing policies like voter photo ID that tend to suppress black voters.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/20/priebus-obama-won-women-because-republicans-lost-the-emotional-vote/

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Go, Rince Penis--

That approach oughtta help!

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

18. Hysterical Rinse!!

LOL! REpugs are going the way of the Whigs!

[Arkana]

2. And this is why they're going to keep losing.

It's like Sheldon Cooper going to the bookstore and trying to find a book that summarizes the current theories in the field of friend-making rather than actually, oh, I don't know, ACTING LIKE SOMEONE THAT PEOPLE LIKE.

[Doctor_J]

3. Also the "sane" vote

that one hurt more, IMO

[Joe Bacon]

22. But they got the Stupid Vote!

[Jackpine Radical]

24. And considering that half the population is below average--

it's enough to scare ya.

[lark]

33. Yeah, that part about "they have the math" is a hoot.

That's really the major flaw in all their talking points because they don't say things to illuminate a topic but to obscure it. They say they are worried about the deficit, but then cut taxes for the rich, increase defense spending, take away a few services for the elderly and infirm, and actually increase the deficit. The point is decreasing the deficit is just another lie, and they can't even use basic numbers to do this because the real goal is to give all our money to the rich and empoverish the rest so we will be good little near slaves. They don't give a fuck about us or the country.

[monmouth3]

4. Why doesn't he just call us "cry at the drop of a hat bitches" and get it over with. Numbscull...n/

[bemildred]

5. See, they just cannot help themselves, because it's what they really believe? nt

[EC]

6. I sure hope that by 2014 they don't figure it out.

I'd just as soon have them swing more to the right and scare more people. Maybe the gerryrigged areas will have enough repubs that are scared of the crazies and will vote the other way or not vote at all. So as far as I'm concerned we should be telling them, "yeah, you're right, you weren't conservative or crazy enough".

[Joe Bacon]

23. The Republican Party has become Monty Python's Silly Party!

And they're fighting between their Silly and Very Silly wings!

[Dollface]

37. Does that mean that the Ministry of Silly Wings is on K Street? (Insert rimshot here)

[keroro gunsou]

55. here ya go!

[Dollface]

59. Thanks!

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. What a dumb shit . . .

As a woman, I can declare emphatically that they lost because of their positions on 'spending and debt and jobs and the economy'. And, oh yeah, they're a bunch of assholes.

Let's hope they never learn from the mistakes of 2012.

[brooklynite]

8. Maybe they should recolor the RNC logo pink...

Everyone knows that's what women REALLY love...

Check Out Honda's Super-Classy Pink Car Made Just For Ladies

[sakabatou]

9. Priebus admits that their party is made of robots.

[Jamaal510]

36. +1

[sakabatou]

39. One question:

Why do you have a Tyrogue as your avatar?

[Jamaal510]

43. It's my favorite Pokemon.

Even though it has crappy stats in the game, I think it's design and evolutions are cool.

[sakabatou]

49. Ah

I haven't played since FR/LG.

[winter is coming]

10. "We’re winning those arguments on spending and math"

Funniest thing I've read today.

[CBHagman]

11. Actually, the dumbest claim Priebus makes is on spending and math.

Recent GOP presidents ran up and kept deficits, every last one of them, and the 2013 edition of the Republican Party keeps proposing budgets that are wholly in the realm of fantasy, based both on the math and the policy.

[Zoeisright]

12. Keep yapping, Rinse Penis.

You're just digging the hole deeper, you fuckhead.

[Joe Bacon]

21. More like Greased Penis!

[magical thyme]

13. and we all know wymmins can't do math or economics

[lunatica]

14. the reason they lost the women's vote is simple

They're not sexy in the least and Obama and Biden are!

LOL!

I kid!

Well, maybe not.

[Cosmocat]

15. He actually is correct

it was the drummed up lunatic turnout in 2010 that got them the big wave in the House and Senate.

As much as they have they manage to gin up this bizarre hatred of the POTUS, they did not come near matching the frenzy they were able to whip their people into in 2010.

Take that election away, the misguided and extreme level of emotion they created for it, and they have lost the last four major election cycles.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. knucklehead?

[Eugene]

17. As a "cultural" voter, I should feel insulted.

I'm just amazed at how he just doesn't get it.

[busterbrown]

19. Oh, he gets it all right...He just has to read his 1% talking points and receive nice pay checks!!!

[Cha]

20. They lost me because they're a pack of

Lying Sociopathic Plutocrats.

Tell it like it is, rince prebius.

[SmittynMo]

25. Mr Penis is the most dillusional person I've ever seen

Not losing on math? Not losing on spending, debt, jobs, economy? You've got to be kidding me? What is this guy smoking? Paul Ryan proved he doesn't know math during the election. They just recently announced that we don't have a spending issue. It was their party that got us into this tremendous debt. The just forced furloughs on thousands of Americans. With all this information, do you think they know anything about the economy? As for women issues, why don't you tell that to Mourdock and Akin. They killed the GOP with their totally insensitive remarks and views of women. That's what lost the female vote. The GOP will NEVER change. Their far right agenda will destroy the party. And with this clown behind the wheel for now, this only puts more nails in the coffin. People are not stupid. They see right through this bullshit. I'm loving every minute of it.

[JoePhilly]

26. In other words, Chicks aren't good at math.

[samsingh]

27. repugs lost the intellectual vote, those who love America vote, decent people vote, human vote

but they did get the hypocritical vote
the loser vote
the stupid vote
the 'I hate what America actually stands for' vote

[BeyondGeography]

28. Little Rinse sure likes his shovel

[hamsterjill]

29. The math, right?

The FUZZY math? LOL LOL

[BumRushDaShow]

30. It's a variation of Rove's "The Math™".

[Proud Liberal Dem]

31. It's amazing

that he thinks that there was actually a good reason(s) for women (anybody really) to vote for them

[AverageJoe90]

32. R.N.C. P.R. B.S. at it again.....

But.....what else is new, really? This is the Republican Party of today.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

50. R.N.C. P.R. B.S.

Gooooood one! That's amazing, the coincidence of his name.

[caseymoz]

34. Ironic, because the Repubs suck at math.

How else can you explain they thought Romney would win?

[Downtown Hound]

35. You're absolutely right Reince

My advice to you is next time your party talks about legitimate rape, do so with more emotion. It's certain to impress all the women-folk.

[Dollface]

38. That man is an idiot!

I am a mathmagician and there is no spell I can find that will make sense of their numbers.

In the words of a famous accountant, "But what's the other side of the entry!?!"

According to a Tax Policy Center analysis released March 15, the GOP would need to come up with $5.7 trillion in offsetting revenues to make the House Republican (aka Ryan) budget revenue neutral and to balance the budget in 10 years as they have proposed.

[CobaltBlue]

40. RNC PR BS

More nonsense from the incompetent chairman of the Republican National Committee.

No wonder these fools re-elected Reince Priebus!


Say what one will about Michael Steele … he was effective with winning elections during his time.



The Republican party hasn't nationally carried the female vote, in a United States presidential election, since 1988.

So, it's been 25 years. And there is no amount of spin which can distract anyone observant, with the ability to read and comprehend, from recognizing this important fact.

[yellowcanine]

41. How many explanations can Republican politicians come up with as what is wrong with the GOP?

To answer that you would need to know how many Republican politicians are talking.

The clown show continues.......

[Mnpaul]

42. An unlimited number

just as long as they don't have to admit their ideology is the problem.

[tanyev]

44. Lawdy, it's like he's been peeking in my reticule.

How ever does he know that I can't make it through a day without my smelling salts and medicinal tonic?

[DebJ]

58. "Oh Obama, I do declare you give me the vapors!" nt

[blm]

45. So Priebus thinks that GOPs 'math' beat Obama and Bill Clinton's 'arithmetic' in the debate

over the future of the budget? Would he like to test that claim one on one for let's say an hour on any network program of his choice?

[nxylas]

46. So no doubt the GOP will try to figure out ways to connect with women voters

Nah, just kidding. They'll try and repeal the 19th Amendment.

[DallasNE]

47. Priebus Doesn't Understand That He Doesn't Understand

So it is understandable that he can't dig his way out of the hole on understanding what ails the Republican Party.

[SHRED]

48. Crybaby

[quaker bill]

51. More patronizing won't do it

There are some very broadly based and poorly formed assumptions in this statement. Dems are not winning on emotion, they are winning on arguments. It helps that they do not dismiss and offend large chunks of the population for being born black, hispanic, or female. This statement alone dismisses democratic voters as "not really serious" because if they looked at the "math" or the "logic", they would vote republican, but they are voting "emotionally".

They should know better after running the 2004 campaign on fear and fear alone. They tried to push the fear buttons in 2008 and 2012, (and every day in between) but it did not work. They have been working fear since the 1950s. It comes from the "red scare" model.

As the Soviets declined they had to replace them with "liberals", "gays", "socialists", "illegal immigrants", "muslim terrorists", "welfare queens", "willie hortons", "a secret muslim kenyan", "gun grabbers", "the abortion industry", "Saddam", "WMD", "Iran", "becoming Greece" ... At some point the majority started becoming immune, or perhaps simply tired of it.

[Quantess]

52. Ha ha... oh, fuck him.

Keep talking, you idiot.
I thought the republicans lost because the blacks and mexicans want free stuff (thier words, not mine).

[Laura PourMeADrink]

53. yes. Women do get emotional when they hear someone say they don't care about 47% of

the people, want to cut grandma's social security and medicare.

That is the problem with the schmucks. The lack of care and charity rings loud and clear to perceptive people

[Nitram]

54. Priebus is partly right

GOP candidates tried play on the emotions of right wingers with outrageous stances on issues such as rape, abortion, and homophobia to garner conservative votes. But it back fired, scaring the thinking portion of the electorate silly, and guaranteeing more votes for Obama.

[CanonRay]

56. That's what happens when you run a freaking robot for President.

[Bolo Boffin]

57. Oh, noes!