to the dismantling of the Republican Party.

No, you are not seeing the dismantling of the Republican Party, but you might very well be seeing the rejection of the far right wacko influence; which is good IMO. I think most people reject the nutty pronouncements of people like Paul Broun, Todd Akin, the Mourdock clown, et al. Good riddance if they are sent packing.

Yeah, they should have gone with a "true conservative" and picked Bachmann or Perry. The election would have been called for Obama at 7:01pm.

Not a low turnout by conservatives, it's that the independents voted for the other guy. I'm sure, considering the high level of vitriol against the President, conservatives didn't stay home and instead came out in droves. Party idenntification, including independents who lean one way or another, is Dem/lean Dem-48%. Rep/lean Rep-43%. The GOP side, however, consists of many who are old and white. They are dying off and the demographics of the country are changing. We're becoming more multi-cultural and the younger voters coming into the system don't support the reactionary social and immigration policies of the GOP. Unless the GOP moderates on these issues, they will go the way of the dinosaur (maybe they can change their symbol from the elephant to an Apatosaurus). Now all the GOP has is the old Confederacy and the square lightly populated states in the middle of the country. Demographic creep has even started in the Confederacy with Virginia and NC started to lean blue, and even Iowa has gone blue. The GOP may hold out a few more years in Congress due to gerrymandering and off Presidential year elections (39 of the governor races are in this category). The writing is on the wall. Either the GOP moderates or all they'll have is states totalling around 160-170 of the 538 electoral votes.

They lost because they were not willing to pay their fair share. All taxes are passed down to the middle class.

Mavis. I will compair my fair share with yours and bet sight unseen it is more than yours. Get off that quote. It is not correct. I am a white man 63 years old and have never asked for anyone to give me anything. My wife and I have worked for over 40 years and have paid more than our fair share and will continue to do so for awhile longer. We will then draw on social security that we paid into and deserve. It is not an entitlement because we worked for it, not so for a lot of others.

so the GOP should haven known they couldn't lie their way to victory. It really is that simple.

Either its the end of the world as we know it, or the Republicans are floundering just like the Democrats did from '68-92.

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Conservatives are a minority and they've ruined the Rep party but progressives are a minority too and they've ruined the Dem party. Get it. The country is becoming more independent and could give a crap about the radical extremes nor political party. Progressive and conservatives will both go the way of the dinosaurs-least I hope so. Neither of these extreme are willing to find a balance and let freedom ring.

Bizkit, please tell me that you are not making the claim that the Right did not create a strawman of Obama from before day one of his Presidency, and then perform ongoing attacks on that strawman every single day until the present.

The Rep stink at what fights they pick too. Issues of conscience like abortion, gay marriage, etc. is an issue of govt not of faith. In a free society we have to tolerate each others diversity-least a group will lose it being tolerated. Christians can't yell we are being attacked all the while attacking expecting immunity because of their absolute belief. It isn't a christians job to enforce God's law nor lay judgment to its effects. All "we" can do is be good witnesses, give, spread love not judment-after the grace I received far be it from me to lay judgment. Who among you will cast the first stone. Well we know some would stone you to death-which is like Saul before he became Paul. While I may agree something is wrong or a sin-it just ain't in my job descriptioin to be casting dispersions anyones way. I got my own load in that regard.

I think Romney would have been head and shoulders above Obama. Obama spent over $100 million dollars sliming Romney before Romney got started. The press never called Obama on his lies about Romney and never covered Obama's failures with any accuracy. About a million people are still without power, remember Obama said we will leave no one behind? BWAHAHAHAHA At least I didn’t go as far as Chris Mathews and say think God for Sandy..I am predicting continued unemployment of around 8 to 9 %, trillion dollar deficits and Obama care will be costing around 2 trillion dollars by the end of Obama's 8th year. Once the reality of Obama's failings are finally placed in his lap, who is Obama going to blame the economy Obama inherited this time!