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In response to "I love how the GOP keeps trotting out the same tired arsed "ideas" that kept them from winning the Presidency in 2008 and 2012. " by Diva

The same ideas that won them the Presidency in 80, 84, 88, 00 and 04?

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Feb 19 '13, 10:54

Have the ideas changed?
Or have the voters changed?

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Reagan wouldn't win the nomination in this GOP so we can strike 1980 & 1984 from the ideas of this discussion. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 11:18
They've won the popular vote one out of the last six elections. Those ideas are clearly unpopular, at least for POTUS. -- nm - David Feb 19, 11:04 5
- I just want to understand what ST's POV here - Strongbad Feb 19, 11:08 4
  - The ideas have gone *much* further right (it's a race to the right, in fact) while the electorate has stayed largely in the middle. - David Feb 19, 11:12 2
    - The GOP needs to figure out a way to get throught he primaries without painting themselves into a corner policywise. See Mitt Romney. - con_carne Feb 19, 11:15 1
      - This describes every presidential election (on both sides of the aisle) for as long as I remember. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 11:17
  - I would say that they have swung rightward, and the electorate has swung leftward relative to that. - Reagen Feb 19, 11:10
Uhm, the ideas have not changed. That is the point of his post. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 10:55 1
- exactly. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 10:57

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