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The 2012 secession movement is brought to you by the same folks who brought you the tea party. Really. Think about it. But instead of a crown whose head rarely changes, you get anouther crack at it in 4 years. Be patient, find a candidate that might be electable, keep him/her squeaky clean, and hope for the best in 2016. Give the people a reason to vote for your candidate rather than against someone.

So, most everyone here is good with having the Republican party stand pat on their current platform, whose social planks were largely rejected by a majority of the populace which includes Democrats of all flavors and a whole bunch of moderate Republicans. It's hard to prove, but a lot of voters threw in with Romney because they couldn't handle Obama any longer, so it might not be fair to Republicans to say that 48% of the voters agree with the party platform. Had the Democratic candidates have been someone else, that 48% might well have been much lower. How much? Who knows? But you have to agree that many here have commented that they were voting for Romney while holding their noses. So, if perhaps a third of the population agrees with the party platform how do you propose to elect Republicans, and if not elected, how do you propose they execute change that favors the Republican agenda? You have to hold the office first.

As for secession, it all reminds me of the little boy who when not able to get his way, takes the ball and goes home. Work harder to make it a better and stronger nation.

Perhaps all those folks who find themselves dissatisfied with the election results should consider how they might adjust their party's political and social agendas to better dovetail with the views of the majority of the nation's population. It was all just fine and good when the nation was composed of angry old white men, but the party hasn't changed while everything else has. And while they are at it, they might want to give all their senatorial candidates a test or review session on female reproductive physiology. If they think they can win in the future and not make changes, they are just as foolish as those who think that seceding is a viable option.