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brooklynite

(94,716 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 07:29 AM Jun 2015

2016 Republicans are completely ignoring the lessons of their 2012 'autopsy'

The Week:

After Mitt Romney's bruising defeat in the 2012 presidential election, Republicans spent several months looking at what went wrong, and proposed a series of changes to make sure it didn't happen again.

The 97-page report was an extraordinary public acknowledgement of the party's weaknesses. It did not mince words. The report said the GOP was "marginalizing itself," and that without major changes "it will be increasingly difficult for Republicans to win a presidential election in the near future."

Three key groups of voters were highlighted for special attention: Latinos, women, and young people. All were found to be moving away from the party.

If the last few months are any indication, Republicans have done little to pull these voters back into the GOP tent.
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2016 Republicans are completely ignoring the lessons of their 2012 'autopsy' (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2015 OP
Priebus hasn't a clue. No one is in charge of the GOP. Rome has fallen. randome Jun 2015 #1
Those who ignore the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them Gothmog Jun 2015 #2
Readin' is for pansies. Orsino Jun 2015 #3
"... ignoring the lessons of their 2012 'autopsy' ..." rock Jun 2015 #4
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
1. Priebus hasn't a clue. No one is in charge of the GOP. Rome has fallen.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 07:49 AM
Jun 2015

It's time to pick up the pieces.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.
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rock

(13,218 posts)
4. "... ignoring the lessons of their 2012 'autopsy' ..."
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 11:09 AM
Jun 2015

Ignore is the underlying concept of ignorance. Don't you know the old saying: a little learning is a dangerous thing? Well, that's one thing the repiggies do know!

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