Even when you lose an election.

[CChaos]

Soleron said:

CChaos said:
As a neutral, outside observer, I can honestly say that Obama winning was the best thing that could have happened to the US. Not because of his policies, but because this will now force the Republican party into serious introspection that was desperately needed.

Then, in four years time, maybe they will have come to grips with who they actually are, instead of infighting and clouding what the party actually wants to represent.

This. I'd love to see a Republican Party that can drop the socially conservative views of the minority, soften their absolute demands for tax cuts, and argue for genuinely less wasteful spending and less government interference in private lives.

It would be nice, I'd think. Democrats have their internal squabbles, but Republicans couldn't even trust their own people in the House of Reps to go along with the party. Conservatives vs. Moderates. Social vs. Fiscal Conservatives. It's just a fight internally over everything.

What's actually kind of scary is that in four years, if this doesn't get fixed, you're going to get someone like Santorum getting the nod to be the runner and that just won't end well.

Best that they be beaten this time so they can actually have some time to try and adjust their thinking and take a new route to modernity.