The GOP candidate, Mitt Romney, lost the 2012 election for President of the United States.  He failed to win Florida or Ohio.  In the end, the popular vote was somewhat close.  The count in the electoral college was not.  News outlets called the election for Obama around 11:15 p.m., and Romney conceded not long thereafter.  The dude had his doors blown off.

If one were to listen to Romney or Eddie Munster, errrrrr, I mean, Paul Ryan, Romney’s running mate, you would think that the election was a lot closer.  These two are trotting out the typical, tired excuses for why the Republican ticket was not victorious.

First, Paul Ryan noted the campaign’s shock at the voter turnout in “urban areas.”  Paul, enough with the not-very-subtleties.You were surprised at how many minorities voted.  Much to your surprise and chagrin, citizens of all colors participate in this country’s president’s election.  Yeah, black people and Hispanic people vote.  Get over it.

Mitt Romney claims, in essence, that the President won votes through bribery by implementing plans that favored his base.  What ol’ Mittens fails to realize is that the citizens that the President intended to assist do not fit neatly into one political party.  For example, Obama enacted student loan reforms, not to strictly benefit Democratic young Americans but for the benefit of young people, who are trying to finance higher education.

Romney, Ryan, and conservatives of their ilk must look in the mirror and own the fact that the President won the election because his message appealed to more Americans.  The prejudiced and fear-mongering language that the GOP used throughout the campaign was rejected by most Americans not living in a trailer or on a farm [the South].  Wake up, conservative kooks.  Black people, Hispanic people, women, and young people all vote.  I know you wish that they did not and attempt to enact measures to suppress their votes.  However, your message did not and is not appealing to the masses.  It is time to silence the voices of Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, and John McCain, just as W.’s voice has been silenced.  Re-evaluate and change the message.

The country is center-right, but the GOP is moving further and further right.  In doing so, the party is becoming more and more irrelevant.  The Evangelicals and Tea Partiers may be the loudest Republicans right now.  We must not let these factions continue to drive the party into insignificance.