# Where is the GOP going? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 22, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019 "2009-04-22T21:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019/61 "2009-04-29T09:42:45Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, I guess [Specter’s defection and Republican reactions to it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515717) are clear signs the GOP is going in the exact opposite direction from the one it needs to go to remain viable. Meh. Specter was jumping before he was pushed, presumably on the assumption that he’d do better facing a further-left Democrat in the next primary than a further-right Republican. It’ll be interesting to see how that works out for him. I doubt there’ll be much change in his voting on any significant issues - it’s the minor votes that he’ll now switch to the Dems on. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019/62 "2009-06-12T18:34:21Z")
Major GOP strategist [predicts an “ice age” for his party](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1904136,00.html) (if things don’t change). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019/63 "2009-06-12T21:21:45Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Major GOP strategist [predicts an “ice age” for his party](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1904136,00.html) (if things don’t change). My favorite line: > [@](#): > > It was a huge shock to the GOP when Barack Obama won Republican Indiana last year. The bigger news was how he did it. Latino voters delivered the state. Exit polls showed that they provided Obama with a margin of more than 58,000 votes in a state he carried by a slim 26,000 votes. That’s right, GOP, you’ve entered a brave new world ruled by Latino Hoosiers, and you’re losing. 😛 Let’s take up a collection to make sure Rush stays on the air. ---
**Author:** ![haymarketmartyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@haymarketmartyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haymarketmartyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019/64 "2009-06-12T21:37:03Z")
Thank you for the Mike Murphy TIME article Archiveguy. Many folks like myself have been beating the drum of the demographic change for a while now while others prefer to ignore it since they have no idea how to counter its numbers. It is not morning in America any more. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019/65 "2009-06-12T21:39:50Z")
> [@haymarketmartyr](#): > > It is not morning in America any more. Huh? Are you saying having more Hispanics is a bad thing? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019/66 "2009-06-12T21:42:10Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Huh? Are you saying having more Hispanics is a bad thing? For the GOP? sure. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019/67 "2009-06-12T21:46:52Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Huh? Are you saying having more Hispanics is a bad thing? Can’t speak for him (or her) but sounds to me like he is saying this is no longer the white, settled by Europeans America (not “morning” anymore). The day has moved on and more people are at the table now. The GOP however seems to be stuck in white man world (or more specifically white old man world) and have managed to lose almost every other demographic. This can only bite them in the ass down the road and indeed looks to have already made its presence felt. To the OP I think the republican party really needs to jettison the religious right. It is keeping the tent small and exclusive…not a way to win elections in a melting pot country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gop-going/494019.md?page=3)