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Republicans remains in quandary
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Republican Party has become torn asunder by the Tea Party and Christian fundamentalists
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After eight states have held Republican primaries and caucuses, the ordained frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination has lost the majority of contests
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The disintegration of the Republican Party is of epic proportions
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Republicans raise all kinds of social issues against President Obama
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The online magazine Mother Jones been keeping count
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Mother Jones say conservative pundits claim there are 109 things President Obama Has Declared War On
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Christmas trees
Christians
Christians and Jews
Catholics
The church
Religion
Religious freedom
Free speech
Wealth
The private sector
Wall Street
Banks
Investors, entrepreneurs, businesses
The self-made man
The Forbes 400
The rich
Poor people
The American farmer
Fishing
Cheerios
Marijuana
Weed
Medical marijuana
Vegan shops
Poker
The Bowl Championship Series
Fun
Sloth
Human excellence
Success
Knowledge
Facts
Fox News
Conservative talk radio
Palin
Congress
House Republicans
Boehner
Eric Cantor
Decency
Conscience
Gun owners
The American military
Veterans
Energy
American energy workers
Oil traders
Fossil fuels
Oil
Coal
Electricity
Auto workers
Cars
Silicon Valley
The internet
Wasteful mobile devices
Mousepads and coffee mugs
Space junk
Appalachia
The states
Texas
Arizona
Joe Arpaio
Immigrants
Pakistanis
Israel
Ireland
Britain
African development
Alex Jones
Whistleblowers
Transparency and accountability
The secret ballot
Voter fraud reform
Civil rights
Civil society
College internships
Education innovation
Medical innovation
The health insurance industry
Doctors
Pro-lifers
Unborn babies
High school dropouts
Senior citizens
The aircraft industry
Boeing
Business
Greed
The profit motive
Inequality
Reaganomics
The American economy
American jobs
Jobs and growth
Capitalism and the Bill of Rights
Traditional American values
Marriage, federalism, and religious liberty
Liberty and property
Prosperity and freedom
Freedom
The Constitution
America
The American people
Women
Children
You
The World
Everything (except America's enemies)
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The latest rallying cry: Republicans attack Obama on birth control
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They're pointing to the administration's recent decision to require employers that are affiliated with churches to cover birth control for their workers
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House Speaker John Boehner vowed that Congress would repeal an Obama administration regulation requiring employers to provide birth-control coverage in their employees’ health plans
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In 2005, Romney required Massachusetts hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims
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The Republican Party is digging deep into the old bucket of white racism, using the politics of fear, hostility and anxiety to win over white voters
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One cannot forget that the contemporary Republican Party was born with the Southern Strategy
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This is a formula for a politics of white grievance mongering and white victimology
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This politics is a dreamworld where white conservatives are oppressed
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The Southern Strategy script claims white rights are infringed upon by a tyrannical federal government
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And, then there is the dog whistle of the elite liberal media that are beholden to the interests of the “undeserving poor,” racial minorities, gays, and immigrants
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Overt racism and dog whistles are temptations that the Republican presidential nominees cannot resist
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When you are in peril, you go with what you know
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While the 2012 Republican candidates are stirring the pot of white racial anxiety, this is a means to a larger end—the destruction of the country’s social safety net
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Republicans use racial anxiety to support their goals of vicious economic austerity policies at the expense of the working and middle classes
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Several Republican presidential candidates have become mired in the racial politics that is synonymous with the GOP
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Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum have all engaged in race-baiting
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During the Iowa Caucus, Mr. Santorum said “I don’t want to make Black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money
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NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Mr. Santorum, like many Republicans, has been pushing to end so-called “entitlement” programs like Social Security and Welfare. For decades, Republicans have attacked the Welfare program fostering the false notion African-Americans are its main recipients when in fact Whites are
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Newt Gingrich calls President Obama a “food stamp president”
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The Republican strategy has been to block and delay President Obama’s agenda at every turn
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President Obama has absorbed most of the backlash from a public that tends to hold the president singularly responsible for all political outcomes
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President Obama’s campaign of publicly highlighting Republican opposition has simultaneously helped to absolve him of at least part of the blame and made him look more like a strong leader
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Republicans’ insistence on stoking racial prejudices to garner votes is not only repulsive, but will most-like fail
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As America become less and less white, many in the GOP need to realize they are not simply speaking to those who look like them
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In order to be successful, Republicans need to connect with minority voters, not offend them
