The union votes and black votes will show up at the end, so Republican leaders are right to factor that in even if the numbers won’t be anywhere near what we saw in 2008. The GOP can’t control tea party upsets, but what they should focus on is reestablishing the GOTV infrastructure Rove put together under Bush and getting their fundraising in order (the party’s financial management this election cycle has been a disaster).
The union votes and black votes will show up at the end, so Republican leaders are right to factor that in even if the numbers won’t be anywhere near what we saw in 2008. The GOP can’t control tea party upsets, but what they should focus on is reestablishing the GOTV infrastructure Rove put together under Bush and getting their fundraising in order (the party’s financial management this election cycle has been a disaster).