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Originally Posted by Rochard
I honestly believe the Republican party threw this election, just like they did with McCain. Seriously - Someone who left the Governor's office with a 34% approval rating should not even be considered a candidate for President.
I'm guessing they already have someone picked to run for the next election and he or she is going to be a powerhouse.
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I don't think they threw it, but I think there were some candidates who simply chose not to run because they knew that the electoral math still favored Obama and things are slowly improving so they just decided to stay out of it until 2016 when there won't be an incumbent.
Also, part of the republican's problems is that any candidate has to move so far to the right to appease the base and win the primary that it can ultimately hurt them in the election.
Bush actually did decently with Latinos. In 2004 he got about 44% of the Latino vote. Romney will likely end up with about 25%. Any republican candidate out there is going to have to do better with minorities if they want to win and that was going to be difficult in general, and very hard against Obama.