Unfortunately a big part of the growing demographic base are people riding in the wagon, not the ones pulling it.
17 million NEW Food Stamp recipients is definately enough to sway any election. How do you suggest the Republicans go about pandering to them? I don't think liberty, personal responsability and personal freedom to make choices is going to resonate with them.[/QUOTE]
I hope you are not correct Old Glory. I often say that there are more people in the wagon than pulling it also, mostly out of frustration. I have faith that the human spirit wants freedom, not tyranny. Last week I thought to mself - Do communist countries have an illegal immigration problem? Do people wait for years to be admitted into a communist Eutopia like Cuba? I dont believe they do, so that must mean that human beings by nature yearn for freedom. The democratic party has become the party of socialists and communists. They are all about "shared sacrafice" and "shared prosperity". They are all about the government taking care of your needs. They live the whole from each according to his means and to each according to his needs philosophy. Dependency on the government is not freedom and deep down every knows that.
The republican party needs to focus on it's routes of limited federal government and personal freedom. I believe that with the right leadership that message will attract many to the GOP.