Can GOP’s local success translate to federal level?

[longknife]

by Jonah Goldberg

The Republicans are doomed. Conservatism is over. President Obama is conducting a mop-up operation at this point.

That’s the basic consensus in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., and other citadels of blue America.

And let’s be fair, liberals have every reason to gloat — a little. The GOP has its troubles. Long-term demographic trends; often-irrational animosity from Hollywood, the media and academia; a thumbless grasp of the culture on the part of many Republicans: All of these things create a headwind for the party and the broader conservative movement.

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And it's gonna be more so in 2014.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

If Republicans would drop the culture war and stop telling people how to live their lives, what to do with their bodies, and in their bedrooms then they'd get more support at the federal level and states that used to be competitive for them could become so again.

 

[Dutch]

Until the old guard die out and a younger generation takes over I do not see this happening. I would consider voting for a republican if not for the social issues. I really can't vote for a party that puts people on the science and tech committee that believe the earth is 6000 years old and the theory of evolution comes straight from the pit oh hell.

 

[jwoodie]

Not with the national media operating as a propaganda arm of the Democratic Party.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Can GOP’s local success translate to federal level?

No.

We saw evidence of this in 2010, were republicans did well only in local House district races, backed mostly by TPM extremists, but fared poorly in state-wide Senate and gubernatorial races, with a larger, more diverse voting population. Republicans, for example, failed to win governor contests in California and New York, and failed to win Senate seats in Colorado, Nevada, and Connecticut, and indeed failed to win the Senate that year.

This was reinforced last year where republicans failed to not only take the Senate, but also lost seats in both houses of Congress. Again, republicans fared poorly in state-wide senatorial elections, such as Missouri and Indiana, where the ignorance and extremism of GOP candidates turned voters off.

Had it not been for the gerrymandering of House district seats by republican controlled states, the GOP might have lost the House as well.

The GOP’s hostility to privacy rights, the rights of same-sex couples, and Hispanics, for example, among many other issues, will continue to undermine republican efforts to appeal to a diverse enough voting population to realize consistent National success.

 

[martybegan]

Can GOP’s local success translate to federal level?

No.

We saw evidence of this in 2010, were republicans did well only in local House district races, backed mostly by TPM extremists, but fared poorly in state-wide Senate and gubernatorial races, with a larger, more diverse voting population. Republicans, for example, failed to win governor contests in California and New York, and failed to win Senate seats in Colorado, Nevada, and Connecticut, and indeed failed to win the Senate that year.

This was reinforced last year where republicans failed to not only take the Senate, but also lost seats in both houses of Congress. Again, republicans fared poorly in state-wide senatorial elections, such as Missouri and Indiana, where the ignorance and extremism of GOP candidates turned voters off.

Had it not been for the gerrymandering of House district seats by republican controlled states, the GOP might have lost the House as well.

The GOP’s hostility to privacy rights, the rights of same-sex couples, and Hispanics, for example, among many other issues, will continue to undermine republican efforts to appeal to a diverse enough voting population to realize consistent National success.

If you are using New York and California as inidications republicans are not doing well locally, you are already stacking the deck against them.

The mere fact that they hold so many local offices when they did so poorly nationally shows there is something going on at the grass roots level.

And considering the democrats would have done the exact same thing (and did in states they controlled) when it comes to congressional districts, me thinks you protest to much.

 

[tjvh]

If Republicans would drop the culture war and stop telling people how to live their lives, what to do with their bodies, and in their bedrooms then they'd get more support at the federal level and states that used to be competitive for them could become so again.

Republicans should stop telling people how to live their lives? Really. Republicans, not Democrats? Forgetting the fact that yes some Republicans disagree with people arbitrarily killing babies out of convenience, it's the Democrats that want to control everything else but abortion. They want to tell you what to eat, what to drive, what you can defend yourself with, what Doctor you can see... the list is endless, as is the obvious hypocrisy of some people on the Left.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Not with the national media operating as a propaganda arm of the Democratic Party.

And yet Reagan and the Bushes won a combined five terms.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Can GOP’s local success translate to federal level?

No.

We saw evidence of this in 2010, were republicans did well only in local House district races, backed mostly by TPM extremists, but fared poorly in state-wide Senate and gubernatorial races, with a larger, more diverse voting population. Republicans, for example, failed to win governor contests in California and New York, and failed to win Senate seats in Colorado, Nevada, and Connecticut, and indeed failed to win the Senate that year.

I guess it depends on your definition of "poorly." Yes, they did fail to take the Senate, but they did flip six seats, some in Democratic leaning states like Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Wisconsin. They also gained several governorships in 2010, at which there are now 30 Republican governors.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

If Republicans would drop the culture war and stop telling people how to live their lives, what to do with their bodies, and in their bedrooms then they'd get more support at the federal level and states that used to be competitive for them could become so again.

Republicans should stop telling people how to live their lives? Really. Republicans, not Democrats? Forgetting the fact that yes some Republicans disagree with people arbitrarily killing babies out of convenience, it's the Democrats that want to control everything else but abortion. They want to tell you what to eat, what to drive, what you can defend yourself with, what Doctor you can see... the list is endless, as is the obvious hypocrisy of some people on the Left.

Fail

You both want to control people's lives; you just have different things on your lists.

 

[konradv]

by Jonah Goldberg

The Republicans are doomed. Conservatism is over. President Obama is conducting a mop-up operation at this point.

That’s the basic consensus in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., and other citadels of blue America.

And let’s be fair, liberals have every reason to gloat — a little. The GOP has its troubles. Long-term demographic trends; often-irrational animosity from Hollywood, the media and academia; a thumbless grasp of the culture on the part of many Republicans: All of these things create a headwind for the party and the broader conservative movement.

But here's the weird part. More @ Can GOP?s local success translate to federal level? | Right Wing News

And it's gonna be more so in 2014.

They need to stick with economic conservatism and abandon the "culture war". If there's any "irrational animosity" being demonstrated, it's usually from that quarter, not Hollywood.

 

[rdean]

Local success? If there were true, Republicans would have brought it up during the last election.