In a new post at Carolina Review, writer Lea Palmer argues that in order to survive the GOP must increase its appeal to minority voters.

Change in Tactics

There is no question that the Republican Party is slowly disappearing. Its current path will be unable to sustain itself for much longer and for several reasons: social issues have taken a precedent over economic issues and the Republican Party simply isn’t comfortable changing any of their existing views, the GOP doesn’t appear to be able to compromise or treat promising candidates with any respect (remember Ron Paul), and most importantly the Republican Party continues to target a very small portion of voters when they should be targeting rapidly increasing minorities such as the Hispanic population.

President Obama is not, by any stretch, one of the better presidents that the United States has seen. Even Forbes calls him “…one of the most radical presidents in American history and one of the most incompetent.” (Hunter, 2012). Yet, the Republican Party was unable to find a component that could beat him out of office, which should have been an easy victory. Mitt Romney was only able to attain one of the nine battleground states this year and received fewer votes against President Barack Obama than John McCain did in 2008 when Obama was nothing more than a Midwestern junior senator.

Florida became one of the major battleground states as each opponent tried to gain the Hispanic vote, however, the efforts the Republican Party put into obtaining these votes simply weren’t enough. The GOP, who as we all know hates change, held firm to their proposals on immigration reform. The DREAM Act which, would have given immigrant children the opportunity to receive residency in the United States if they had a high school diploma, failed; and they proudly proclaimed to support the House-passed version of the Violence Against Women Act that destroyed coverage for illegal immigrants and Native Americans who were victims of domestic abuse.