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Pick better candidates? Maybe that's step 2. Step 1? How about republicans/conservatives actually go out and vote. When at least 3 million republicans/conservatives are willing to see Obama re-elected than actually cast a vote for a not-conservative-enough republican, they deserve what they get. It's just too bad the rest of us got stuck with it, too.
These are days of hindsight and second-guessing for Republicans, which is human nature after a trauma like this election loss.
There are million “why” theories out there, from the Hurricane Sandy effect to pernicious media bias. Wringing our hands over those factors gets us nowhere.
We can’t stop hurricanes, and media bias is always there. Reagan and Bush 43 won twice against waves of poisonous bias, so that is not an insurmountable obstacle.
What Republicans need is a slate of candidates that can energize the base while expanding the appeal of a conservative message.
Easy...
I dunno why you think your voice would be considered sane-advice around here.
Moron.