Grand Old Party

Now that we have had a day to digest what happened in the election last night we can clearly make some assumptions about what went wrong. As I listened to the radio and thought about exactly why Romney lost and other key conservative voices I determined that it is the brand.

The Grand Old Party is no longer grand but it is just old. They have a platform that is full of quality conservative ideals however the leadership of the Republican Party believes it is better to distance themselves from those conservative values. They say they will do something but they do the opposite or they climb in bed with the Democrats.

No one wants to vote for and have leaders who say one thing and do another. Sure all politicians do that, Obama said he would close Gitmo and he never did. The difference is the media embraces his changes as positives while chastising the conservative choices. This taints the brand so people view it as a negative brand and want nothing to do with it. Despite the fact that I believe the majority of people in the US believes and wants those conservative values they don’t trust the Republican leadership to deliver it.

I also believe that more and more Americans like the freebies that are being offered and don’t want to let go of the teat of the federal government. America is changing and I don’t think it is for the good. The leadership of the GOP needs to stand up for what the conservative values stand for and don’t back down. They also need to convince America that it is what they want because if they don’t it will get worse before it gets better.