Interesting and insightful thoughts.
It seems to me that the critical move will be to find GOP candidates that address those issues that are driving centrist voters toward the socialist end of the spectrum. The Hispanic American population clearly is becoming a pivotal force in that regard. =QUOTE]
I cut your post a bit in interest of keeping the pace short. I agree and you are directly on the mark. I do not know if you looked around the state at not just state but local elections. there were probably a hundred positions that only had a Democrat candidate running for that spot. That is something that will make a huge difference in years to come. We need to get a Republican on every election position.
We also need to get Republicans to man the polls. At least here in Austin, many of the poll positions were seated by Democrats for Republican poll watchers judges etc. I can not prove it, but I do suspect that given that, it would not surprise me to discover that there was a voting irregularity in those polling places in favor of the "D".
This science of electing people and how to work the electorate is not lost on the Dems, sadly the Republicans seem to miss the mark here.