Quote Originally Posted by MarkCO View Post
In general, I agree. Personally, characterizing abortion as "Women's rights" is a pharce perpetuated by the left for the sole sake of getting votes. It is a scientific fact that a fetus/embryo/unborn baby is alive and is therefore a life. Ending that life is now a political battle and the GOP is going to have to figure out what to do about it because Ohio WAS a pro-abortion vote that put it in Obama's column.

While I see, and understand your other points, there are certainly other sides. The GOP is the rich white party as characterized by the left. The middle 80% has been 78% white in 2004, 74% white in 2008 and now 70% white in 2012. (I think those are the right numbers). The CURRENT GOP will NEVER win another election on the current models based on the shrinking "white vote".

The "Young" vote is here to stay. The technology is geared towards engaging the young vote, who for the most part has always voted Dem. Now, they will be so stoned they may not get to the polls to vote in 2012, so there may be a swing of CO back to the GOP. I do think the "Pro-Pot" vote lost Romney Colorado though.

The "brown vote" was certainly in Obama's camp regardless of his performance or policies. Recall the Howard Stern video that listed all of the major campaign issues of McCain but attributed them to Obama, and almost all of the interviewed people said those "issues" were why they were voting for Obama. Hogwash!

IF Romney had Rubio on the ticket instead of Ryan, I beleive he would have won. IF Romney had not been moderate, but attacked on the issues of "Women's health", foreign policy and the Auto Bailout, he would have won. If Obama had white skin, Romney would have won.
I don't know if Rubio being on the ticket would have made a difference, but some damn good points made in your post. I didn't even think about Amendment 64 bringing more young voters to the polls, but ya, that's dead on.