Are they really trying to persuade people who actually think about things, who are actually persuadable and haven't already decided? Republicans say "we need to appeal to independents, to minorities." "Why don't blacks and latinos vote for us?" Do something to make them think you're not total assholes. Persuade them.
I'm persuadable. I'm a moderate. I don't look like one to most people because conservatives have moved so far to the right that Reagan and Goldwater look like socialists. I'm left-leaning, definitely, and in this election, with the presumed candidates already pretty clear, I'm pretty sure who I'm voting for. But I've voted for Republicans in local elections. I actually look at the individual, try to figure out who would be best for a position. But I look at the Republican candidates for president (and most others locally and nationally) and see lunatics. They're far-right, appealing to "the base,'* not trying to win people over but just to panic enough of their followers to get to the polls. They've written off everybody else. If you want people to vote for you, you need to be reasonable, and not divisive. Oh, they call Obama divisive because they don't like him. But Cruz is purposefully divisive, talking about the dreaded gays, etc. Do you really think that's going to persuade not just gay people, but others who value civil rights, to vote for you? Really?
Do Republicans really think that's the way to win? Not to mention the way to be decent citizens, or even decent human beings? Like I said, you could persuade me to vote for you even if I'm not conservative. But you gotta try.
*And does it seem ironic to anyone else that when conservatives talk about rallying "the base" it reminds me that that is the meaning of "al qaeda"?
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