What will Romney losing to Obama mean for the GOP?

[GOTV]

At first I was disappointed that Romney will be facing Obama rather than Newt or Santorum. I wanted extreme GOP supporters to see how out of step their views were to the rest of the country and get them to stop advocating anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-worker positions. I thought a Romney loss would be easy for the GOP to explain. "Once again" they will say "we strayed from our ideals and went middle-of-the-road so of course we lost." (Also I think Newt or Santorun would be easier to beat)

But then it occurred to me that when Romney's loss is viewed that way by the GOP the next round of candidates will be more extreme even than Newt and Santorun and be even MORE offensive to the mainstream voter. THat may make it easier for a president Hillary or Grayson or whoever in 2016.

Romney's loss could be the event that drives the GOP over the edge for quite a while.

Any other possible outcomes?

[NV Whino]

1. JEB in 2016

[yellowcanine]

13. I don't think so. He is still a Bush.

The pubbies have been bushwhacked.

[NV Whino]

15. The pubbies have a sort attention span

[Not Me]

2. I am hoping that 'whoever' in 2016

might include Andrew Cuomo.

[bobbyblack]

3. DOn't spike the ball yet.

The GOP knew that this year was all but out of reach, barring the mass lobotomy of the 55% of the country whom they hate with a passion.
Every single GOP candidate this year were their loony bin leftovers, all unelectable and un-nominatable as well.
2016 will be their big guns, the "sane" ones who will galvanize them for another viable run after 4 more years of hyperbolic lies and incendiary rhetoric. They aqre just holding firm until then, because it was evident from the get-go this cycle who their nominee was going to be, an trust me..NO WASP driven Republican is comfortable with a Morman at the wheel...there was just no stopping him this time.

[GOTV]

4. THat's a good thought.

I did think it's weird that Jeb, Christie and some of the bigger stars easily and consistently declined.

[zbdent]

5. don't forget the mass fellating of the GOP by the "liberally-biased media" ...

which has already resulted in a world-wide shortage of turd polish in the retail market ...

[mac56]

9. "A world-wide shortage of turd polish in the retail market ..."

[flamingdem]

19. +1

Just the other day I looked for turd polish at Bed, Bath and Beyond, sold out!

[jeff47]

6. They were going to go "No True Scotsman" no matter who their candidate was.

Even with a true believer, they would have claimed they strayed from their ideals.

What needs to happen is not only a Romney loss, but large-scale losses down-ticket. That will really bring the crazy out in 2016, resulting in another massive loss.

[BamaFanLee]

7. Their slippery slide gets slipperier

With John McCain and Sarah Palin being the best they could do in 2008, and Mitt Romney being the best they can do in 2012, their slide into the same abyss the Whig Party went to is imminent. Most of the right wingers I meet every day say they are staying home because Cain, Santorum or Gingrich isn't in the race. They are giving up. I truly believe we will have a supermajority in the Senate and the House by the 2016 election, if not this year.

[bemildred]

8. Yep.

They are on the wrong side of history now, the dustbin awaits them.

[GoCubsGo]

14. They're not giving up.

They're stepping aside while their shit hits the fan. They take what they can, game the system as much as they can in their own favor, and then sit back and let the Dems clean up their mess. And, the blame for anything that goes wrong (or too slowly) gets heaped onto the Democratic President, too They do it every time.

[Arkana]

10. They fly even further to the right for 2016 and the Birchers get one of their own.

Let's hope we come up with a good alternative.

[GOTV]

11. That's what I'm guessing

but another poster had a good point that some of the most respectable GOPers sat this one out and may pop up next time.

[yellowcanine]

12. It will be open civil war between the Teabaggers and the Establishment.

Particularly if the Dems take back the House and hold the Senate.

I think there would be a moderate chance of a party split.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

16. They will see it as moderates always losing and move even further to the right! n/t

[davidpdx]

17. I have a few idea

-It will drive them to try to cheat even more
-It will drive them to spend more corporate money they they already do
-It will (hopefully) make gay Republicans realize their party has thrown them under the bus for a long time
-It will drive them so f-ing nuts and we will hear another 4 years of psychobabble about a black man being president from the racists
-It will (hopefully) make Fox News announce the end of the world is coming and make all Republicans jump of a cliff (said splatting sound would be enormous yet satisfying like an orgasm)

And yes you are correct, it will renew calls for a more rightwing even nuttier nominee the next time around.

That felt good.....

[baldguy]

18. In a perfect world, the sane adults would take their party back from the radical crazies.

We don't live in a perfect world.