Elections 2012: BFP Watch Party

Kobi · 11-07-2012, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dreadgeek

1) The Southern Strategy of race -baiting is now dead. The GOP can never again do the wink and nod and use things like "we want to teach blacks how to work" as a way of gaining votes. The GOP will have to change its tune on immigration and send the Muslim-baiting folks like Bachmann (who won) and West (who didn't) into political Siberia.

2) The country has turned a corner on gay rights. We were running 0 for 32 until last night and we swept on marriage equality so we are now 4 for 32.

3) The end of the drug war may not be in sight but we just passed the beginning of the end of the drug war.

4) The pendulum has swung and America is now course-correcting back to a more liberal-centrist position.

5) The GOP is going to have to drop the anti-birth control insanity and they will have to moderate their anti-abortion stance.

Cheers
Aj

Aj I love your brain but are you serious on this?

I am suspecting just the opposite. When the dust settles and they analyze what went wrong, the GOP is going to be back on the warpath with a vengence.

The reason? The close popular vote - last count I think was 48.8-48.4. Swing states, tho successful, were won by the hair on someones chinny chin chin. Thats still a shitload of hatred and division in a very polarized county.

Congress has the same composition with some new faces and there is no reason to think the stalemate of the last 4 years will end. And, I dont see an appreciable difference on the local level where the war on women and others is still being waged.

And, unfortunately, in 4 years, there will be no charismatic Obama leading the way. Biden is not an Obama. Hillary, I love, but she isnt an Obama and barring some unforeseen change of heart, this country is not ready for a woman to lead it.

On the other hand, the GOP has a lot of up and coming white male stars they have been and will be grooming and investing in. And, they now know to focus better on potential groups who may help push them over the top. They will not lay down.

Personally, I am going to enjoy the victory, but this was just another successful skirmish in a very big ideological war.