belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
It's gonna be too big a margin. And won't matter when everywhere else (almost) votes Obama anyway
US election 2012
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Manter
Lunch Mob
Texas has oil. Large, white (very) republican demographic
Brubricker
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They have a higher percentage of Latinos than any state in the nation, and Latinos vote Dem by a 2-1 margin. It's generally accepted that long-term population trends will, in time, make most of the southwest vote like New Mexico. This is part of the reason that white folks have been freaking out in Arizona. They see that NM will one day be their future. Until quite recently, New Mexico and Colorado were reliably Republican just like all those other western states near them. Those days are gone thanks to immigration.
Not quite yet. Issue is getting the Latino population to vote: they're the least likely to turn out generally. That's starting to change. Texas is already going slightly blue in other votes, being fought by Republican gerrymandering of districts but that will only work for so long
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
It's refreshingly low keyTry PBS on the Guardian site
Superdupastupor
fun to funky
I can't deny that I'm getting 'excited' by all the interactive maps 
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
So which way is it going to go in the aftermath for the Republicans?
Will they actually assess how the demographics of the US has changed so considerably, and is continuing to do so, and alter their strategy to reflect that; or will they dig their heels even further in, listen to their no doubt freshly enraged teabagger base, and just hope that Obama does something really egregious that pisses off a bunch of Dems ready for 2016?
Will they actually assess how the demographics of the US has changed so considerably, and is continuing to do so, and alter their strategy to reflect that; or will they dig their heels even further in, listen to their no doubt freshly enraged teabagger base, and just hope that Obama does something really egregious that pisses off a bunch of Dems ready for 2016?
Fez909
toilet expert
More right wing is the only way they can go, I reckon. Their base demands it.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Do you reckon he won or lost paper/scissors/stone to get that gig? Do you reckon they hiss as a democrat goes through the studio and put bromide in his coffee?
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
They should do the first, they will do the second. No doubt the recriminations over 2012 will effectively trash Christie's run in 2016 as well.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
He won that contest, definately.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Well that's what I initially thought. But there are plenty of Republican talking heads who are being quite open about how that change in demographics will mean that this will just continue to happen unless they change tack, and they're aware of how important it is. But of course, that section of the base is way behind that, and don't give a damn about changing demographics, other than wanting to change them back again.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
They caught the end of the 1999 Champion's League final?
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
They don't want you to turn off! They have advertisers to support!
Viewing figures
Hanging chads.
Enough
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Pregnant chads.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Not BBC and PBS
God's will
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