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Republicans Must Reshuffle Nomination Deck for Future Presidential Hope

Context Wrote: Nov 22, 2012 7:54 AM

Florida first would be a good start. Let's consider other ideas...like (a) Regional primaries, with groups of 5-8 states. (b) Winner take all, to end the primary process earlier (c) Self selection among candidates...Bachman, Johnson, Huntsman NEVER had a chance to win. (d) Better messaging. The left has simple ideas (for their simple voters). "Tax cuts for the rich" resonates with low information voters. Talking about marginal tax rate increases to people who pay no taxes, and who live by suckling on Uncle Sam's teat are never going to tune in past the first few words.

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Republicans Must Reshuffle Nomination Deck for Future Presidential Hope

After several weeks of endless postmortems of the 2012 presidential contest, Republicans seem to be trending in most articles as being in disarray and with little hope of regaining the White House for years to come, if ever in our lifetime.

Many pundits have written the tea party movement's obituary and are adamant in their belief that a shift in the nation's demographic composition spells doom for Republicans unless conservative ideas are abandoned.

But there is one way to bring a GOP that seems to reflect primarily the political philosophy of the deep South to a position that is palatable to...

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