The GOP is walking away from middle-America
Some in the GOP rely on life-long support from a segment of the citizenry, including those who wrap themselves in the banner of any other issue besides race to cloak their discomfort with having a minority in the White House, that are emotionally committed to the Republican party. The capacity of the human mind to rationalize renders both those leaders and the voters they count on virtually incapable of accepting any progress the President makes on any issue, and so those votes are already in the right column for the GOP if they can get the folks anxious enough about “bad guys” to go to the polls.
The Republicans lost on that basis in 2008; the GOP’s dominant strategists drove Republicans to Obama. Following extremists now who appeal to those even farther away from the mainstream won’t win them moderates and swing voters.
Here’s a story from earlier this month of President Obama showing a young man 
about the similarities of their hair and hair-cuts in response to his curiosity. Obama is growing connections, while the GOP strategy appears to be isolation – it’s no wonder they characterize their opponents as elite; the logic is hardly consistent with increasing party membership.
As the linked article (click on the picture) states, our President “not only values children, and families,” he has the, “willingness and courage to show the world his unscripted compassion.”
Former foes around the world realize that now is the time to mend fences and practice diplomacy — but more important (to voters) than Obama’s progress on key issues, moderate and swing voters find this human side of Obama more appealing than orchestrated media coverage (with flight-suits to act the part of a pilot before) standing in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner while Osama bin Laden remained at large and the Weapons of Mass Destruction that justified our support of an invasion of Iraq turned out to be less of a slam dunk and more of a, well… I don’t want to accuse a “compassionate conservative” of lying, so let’s say the WMDs were mythical.
Americans were already dubious by that time, and the disingeuous ranting about liberal media coming from the conservative media couldn’t spin the anxiety the Republicans tried to foment into an electoral majority. Rather than change gears, rather than trying to become relevant, the GOP seems mired in a “stay the course” mentality on messages like taxation which may just drive even more of the coveted swing voters out.
After all, Americans (even the infamous tea-baggers) know that the authors of the constitution mandated revenue when they envisioned the role of government – nothing else explains the phrases such as “provide for the common defense.” We aren’t against paying fairly for the things the government provides, we just want that tax burden to be fair.
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