Both you and All Tell have missed the point. Whoever the GOP standard-bearer will be in '16 will have to connect with more than white males to win.

Agreed

I don't disagree with your analysis. Over the past dozen years or so, the GOP has only produced two national candidates with what might be described as charisma -- Bush43 and Palin. Who's on the horizon for the Republicans?

 

No idea.

Last time I saw "real informative programming" on a regular basis was 20 or more years ago. I would also argue that the GOP has more uninformed voters than the Democratic Party, but that's a topic for a different day.

 

Of course YOU would, we wouldn't expect anything less.

I agree with TTP here. The conservative candidates have been as personable as mud.

 

Shaping up to be a repeat of 1988. Personalities not allowed in.

No idea.

 

I would say Christie has all the charisma to run a national campaign but we will have to wait and see if he survives the storm. I also believe Rubio appeals to a much wider audience as well. Paul appeals to the younger voters about as well as any major politician running for president on eitehr side of the aisle.

Shaping up to be a repeat of 1988. Personalities not allowed in.

 

Sadly I remember that campaign. One of the most boring ever.

Sadly I remember that campaign. One of the most boring ever.

 

"None of the above" would have been a prohibitive favorite. It was ugly.

I agree with TTP here. The conservative candidates have been as personable as mud.

 

The Republican losers of 2008 and 2012 were moderate candidates, not conservative, but they were dull as mud.

The Republican losers of 2008 and 2012 were moderate candidates, not conservative, but they were dull as mud.

You know what I meant. They were Rs. I voted for them, and still got a community organizer because he has charisma. Joke

Last time I saw "real informative programming" on a regular basis was 20 or more years ago. I would also argue that the GOP has more uninformed voters than the Democratic Party, but that's a topic for a different day.

Statements like that would lead me to be thankful you don't speak on my behalf

 

Kentucky really doesn't have that option in regards to coal do we? Most of the issues are due to fed regulations aren't they?

 

Somewhat, but it's mostly because coal is too expensive to get to anymore. All the best coal's already been mined in Ky and anything else requires leveling whole mountains and filling up streams.

 

Beshear has been regrettable in that he had no other plan than expanded gambling. In his defense, any efforts toward doing things that needed to be done were thwarted:

 

Expanded Gambling -- Republicans in the Senate kill this one before it gets any serious consideration

 

Pension Reform -- neither Republicans nor Democrats in the House or Senate have any political will to tackle this, which is our biggest budget albatross. This problem predates Beshear by decades, and I figure it to still be around when I'm dead and gone.

 

Tax Code Reform -- same as above with pension reform. Ours is no longer an agricultural economy, and manufacturing's going fast. This needs to be addressed sooner than pension reform, in my opinion, but like above, it's been a longstanding problem and I have little faith in the folks on either side of the aisle in the General Assembly to act with a spine and a spirit of what's best for the Commonwealth in mind. Fixing this buys time to build up the political capital to fix the pension liabilities.