Another election over and another tough year for Republicans. Indiana one of the most reliable Republican states in the past has just given its 11 electoral votes to Obama, but why and how?

I have been coming to this site now for years and after every election I see the exact same entries, but no one seems to understand. Indiana itself is not a Republican state it is more of an Independent state with a conservative lean. The congressional deligation is controlled by Democrats, the one Republican Senate is a moderate, and history of progressive roots. But, for the past few years Republicans haven’t been paying any attention. They think they can just coast on by and win, and when they do try many times they do so by creating tention with the moderate element of their party. For years Republican State Senators have been beaten in their primaries because they were not conservative enough, now people here are saying that is the problem with the party and moderates need to be banished.

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