This is why Republicans are losing ground everywhere.

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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.

Agreed and as a Republican, I do not care much about abortion. I dont like it and its against my principles, but I do not get excited about it as a political issue and I honestly do not know any Republicans in my age group that do. My personal stance is that I would prefer to see more emphasis on birth control and contraception vs birth control, and I would really rather see abortion dropped as a political issue altogether. IMHO, it is the left who pushes the abortion issue, forcing Republicans to respond, and when they respond that they do not support it and do not believe in it that response is then touted as being anti-abortion, anti-womens rights and wantign to reverse Roe V Wade, when that is not likely to be the actual agenda.

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".

While I agree for the most part, I think the reality is that the GOP is not the issue itself, the issue is that "non-white" Conservatives need to identify themselves as Conservatives and witness, for lack of a better term, to their peers. Have you ever noticed how preachy the left is? Start a conversation at a bus stop and I can almost promise you that some welfare recipient will tout Obamas achievements without having a single clue about the true facts. Its simple propaganda but its effective. On the other hand, most Conservatives are by nature Conservative and do not run around being all preachy and spewing BS. While I dont want to suggest that Conservatives need to run around spreading untruths, it would help the party immensely if most, especially the younger Conservatives, took pride in thier political stance and spread the ideals as far and wide as possible. It is seriously going to take a grassroots effort, and the Tea Party was a great start, but we need to hunker down and get to work.

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.

Thats possible, although here is a novel concept- just because my stance is slightly different than yours- ie I do not drink, never tried drugs, dont gamble, and am faithful to my wife- does not mean that I am going to force my ideals on you. Conservatism as a base view is not about that. thats the Left, not us. We need to communicate and show the young voters that its the Conservative Republican Party that is the tolerant party, not the Left. Yeah sure, I am a Christian and your Jewish, and thats cool and more than that, I support your RIGHT to be Jewish, or Mormon, or Atheist, or Satanist. Because I am a Republican and NOT a Democrat, who on a large basis are against organized religion, and if you do not believe as they do your immediately and completely wrong. As Conservatives this needs to be the message we show day in and day out.

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!

Absolutely, but let me add that most Latinos are against most of the principles of the Democrat party. MOST, obviously not all but MOST of the Latinos I know are hardworking and dedicated to their families. Sounds like similar principles to me. A little simple education about the TRUTH of the Republican party would go a long way. Latino, Asian, Russian, Indian, etc. are all hardworking people and are not out to soak the system. They have just been blasted with Leftist principles to the point they are scared shitless of the Right. It woudl take so little for the Conservatives to strengthen the ties to these communities, and we NEED to work to that end.

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.

Romney should have won. He is a great man and would have been twice the President of Obama and likely would have been the greatest President we have seen since Reagan.

Notice I say WE alot, and that because its not Romney, or Ryan, or Paul, or any of those guys who lost this election. WE lost the election, and we need to do better from here on out.