GOP report calls for sweeping reforms to compete in 2016

[moonbladem]

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[vulturoso]

* Set up an "RNC Celebrity Task Force of personalities in the entertainment industry" to attract young voters, and encourage Republican leaders to "participate in and actively prepare for interviews" on the Daily Show, the Colbert Report and other media aimed toward younger Americans;

You don't go on now because you know they'll call you on your bullshit. So maybe aim at stopping the bullshit, first?

[lovedforaday]

And the fact that one of those ~sweeping changes~ was not firing that weasel Reince Priebus is a total mystery.

[grace_om]

GOP report calls for sweeping reforms to compete in 2016

*looks at calendar* Wait. It's not April fools day yet is it?

Seriously. It's the policies, stupid.

[thelilyqueen]

Seriously.

Trying to put forward more spokespeople who don't fit the old white man model isn't a BAD thing, but it's going to be a hella a job to find them if your policies suck.

[thenakedcat]

Hell, even among OLD WHITE MUSICIANS, the Republicans have been losing ground with all but the most lunatic fringe. The C&Ds from artists going "You're embarrassing me by playing my songs" have been pretty hilarious in the last couple of elections.

[thelilyqueen]

Oh yes, that's certainly made me chortle. It's even better when the artists in question are known to oppose pretty much everything the Repubs stand for - how did they think that was going to end?

[lizzy_someone]

lol, right? A second-grader could tell you that.

[alexvdl]

"We are not a policy committee, but among the steps Republicans take in the Hispanic community and beyond, we must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform," the report says, nodding at other points to the bipartisan reform efforts currently before Congress. "If we do not, our Party’s appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only."

The report also notes a growing generational divide on the issue of gay rights, calling the issue a "gateway" for young voters deciding whether to align with the GOP.Gee, you're saying that if you start paying attention to the desires of the groups you want voting for you, you might get somewhere with them? I feel like "Don't piss off the people you want doing you favors" is the sort of thing that most people should learn during childhood

[rex_dart]

If the GOP actually takes a firm stance in support of gay rights and marriage equality

This will NEVER happen. And Mitt Romney didn't actually come very close at all; he just believed that he was going to right up until he lost.

Also, a strong Republican party is fucking terrible for the vast majority of the country who are not wealthy straight white Christian cis men. Saying that two strong parties is a good thing is meaningless nonsense devoid of context.

[alexvdl]

The Republican party isn't going to have much choice in the matter. There's only so long that you can stand against reality. The numbers show that America as a whole is showing what it wants in terms of marriage equality. Continuing to oppose it will quickly become a liability. They've clung to it for so long because it garners them votes. As soon as they understand they'll be unable to play on the national level without that support, they'll change their tune. Especially with the Log Cabin Republicans becoming a more powerful part of the organization

[blackjedii]

Eh I'm not so sure. Assuming the banks don't collapse (again, which is a possibility), the economy's going to be in decent-ish shape and more importantly, more non-white non-dude folks are going to be of voting age. The only thing I see hurting the Democrats ~at the moment~ is that so many citizens are already sick and tired of the federal government. And that Republicans largely control a lot of key state legislatures too.

Then again I think the Republians will try to do what they did this time - put up a lot of smoke and mirrors, wait until the election gets closer, and then run a ~sane and reasonable~ alternative. Bob McDonnell has been acting awfully liberal lately....