Conservatives on Reddit are starting to talk like rational human beings.

[Courtesy Flush]

http://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/12rogh/romney_lost_sorry_guys_its_over_gop_needs_to_do/

This thread is an interesting read. Over and over, they say they need to become more moderate, and to stop pandering to fear and the religious right.

The problem is, if they really feel the way they now claim to, they should be very comfortable with a Democrat in the White House. If they really feel they need to be more like us -- in order to defeat us-- they still have some soul searching to do. Just vote for Democrats, for Pete's sake.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. To paraphrase Harry Truman,

"When you run a fake Democrat against a real Democrat, the real Democrat will win every time."

[Dem2TheCore]

2. It won't last.

Remember, Iowa caucus brings out the best in the crazies.

[Javaman]

3. It won't last.

their insanity will kick back in once some crazy ass repuke tea ball licking bagger comes up with some new insane conspiracy theory to justify their loss and allow them to sleep at night.

[Marr]

4. It's true. The Republican Party *should* be occupying the political space Obama is currently in.

In my opinion, Obama is the perfect template for a Republican who can win nationally. As we saw last night, there is simply no room to his right (on the national stage). Even with racists and religious extremists, they couldn't scrabble together enough support to beat him.

Right now, they are no more than a regional party and can do nothing more than obstruct. Eventually they're going to have to come to grips with reality and rebuild their entire operation, including the voting blocks to which they appeal. They're going to have to move well to the left, back into a pragmatic position. This far right-wing, "reality be damned" ideological identity they're wearing right now is only going to lose bigger and bigger on the national stage.

It's doing us all a disservice, because I think they *could* serve a very useful role. There *are* arguments to made for positions to the right of where I (and I think, most liberals) tend to fall. But right now, they're being made by a pragmatic Democrat.

[hifiguy]

5. I don't think that reflects the base.

Interesting discussion, to be sure, but the Repigs' real base, in terms of voter numbers, is with people who have completely departed from anything remotely resembling reality. Those dingbats will double or triple down on the crazy. Look for Santorum to be strong until and unless Jebby decides to get in. And they will call him a RINO too. He'd meet the same fate as Mittens. Santorum wouldn't win fifteen states in a general election.