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Like the Red Edge partners and virtually every other young Republican with whom I spoke, she regards herself as a socially tolerant, limited-government fiscal conservative.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/magaz ... =all&_r=1&

No wonder there are such strenuous efforts to drive libertarians out of the party.

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Well OK. That was from a lefty source. How about a more right leaning one?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/12 ... suggests/#

It starts out:

If there is any group that is absolutely necessary for Republicans to win, it is the so-called millennial generation.

Millennials — typically considered to be anyone born in the 1980s or since — are on track to exceed the baby boomers in terms of sheer numbers, and are already engaged with politics at a level sufficient to make them a serious force.

Well this is a real killer for the "libertarians out of the party" faction.

However, even here, there is a spot of hope for the GOP – young voters also had positive reactions to the word “libertarian” and other polls have shown them having better reactions to phrases like “free enterprise.”

Uh. Oh

The social liberalism of young people extends even to young Republicans, though to a lesser degree. Over the past eight years, the percentage of young Republicans who support full same sex marriage rights has grown from 28 percent to 37 percent. A Facebook group exists called “Young Conservatives for Freedom to Marry.” It has 5,920 “Likes.” Nationwide, between 59 and 66 percent of young voters (depending on the poll) support legalizing same sex marriage. In some swing states, this number is even higher. Abortion follows a similar trajectory, with 65 percent of young voters believing it should be legal most of the time, or all of the time.

OFs are dying at the rate of 10K a day roughly. Lets be conservative and say 3 million a year. In 10 years 30 million. Roughly half currently on the right. 2020 will be a different electorate. It is not looking good for the future of the right.

The attitude was also characterized by National Review’s Rich Lowry as “Let Them Eat Gay Marriage,” a riff on Marie Antoinette’s “Let Them Eat Cake.” And indeed, based on this year’s election results, young voters appear prepared to deny themselves jobs and functional financial futures over social issues like gay marriage and access to contraception.

Not all Republicans are incapable of accepting this reality – in fact, some Republicans would arguably qualify as heroes to these socially liberal youngsters. The most obvious example would be former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olsen, who is currently leading the legal battle to get California’s anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment known as Proposition 8 thrown out in court, even bringing his case to the Supreme Court. Moreover, the bills legalizing same sex marriage this past election cycle were all passed with Republican support. Several Republican commentators and lawmakers have already come out in favor of the practice.

However, these overtures can only work if the wider party accepts the fundamental shift on this issue – and on social issues generally – that has taken place not only among young voters, but nationwide.

I love this comment. I'll bet a lot of the folks here can relate.

SquidVetOhio
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:22am

Go ahead and count on these young welfare-ridden, godless fools to vote for you Republicans. Here’s a news flash to these “experts”. The Christian-right did not turn out the last two elections. You guys think you can win without us? Go for it. Been working out great so far. Do they not understand how we could have a landslide election in 2010 and then lose in 2012 when things got even worse? The GOP (who wasn’t even talking about social issues save 2 guys who were suckered into it by the media) decided to distance themselves from the Christian community. Well, you’re reaping that now. As long as they keep going down this road, I’m sitting it out or voting 3rd party. As a Christian, the souls of men is more important than the government we live under anyways. Christ never rebelled against the Romans, that was not His purpose.

Another really good one:

brother_ed
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:08am

@SOYBOMB315_II

People do not need to be educated on liberty; being free of constraints comes naturally.

I am thankful for the people who are teaching this generation morality and self-control, though I fear their message is being lost due to the rise of Libertarianism.

So let me get this straight. You need laws and men with guns in order to practice self control. A novel theory.

Here is one I like. I bolded the part I especially agree with.

icebergslim27
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:58am

You just don’t get it. You and most social conservatives are just a different side of the same progressive coin. Obama wants socialism where the state replaces God. You want a theocracy where your views of morality are enshrined into law and therefore enforced by the barrel of a gun. Here’s my plea to social issue voters- Live and let live. I understand your stance against abortion and I see that there’s not much room for compromise on that issue. Although if you think people don’t have the right to use contraceptives you’ve lost me and your just as much a big government progressive as Obama. Gay marriage- Mind your own business. Look up Louis CK’s response to social conservatives about gay marriage to understand what most people feel. There’s no one in this country more distrustful of the government than young adults. I’m 31, we’re the ones fighting these never ending wars (Any coincidence that Ron Paul has such a following among us?). We’re the ones paying into a system (S.S.) that we know is broken and won’t be there for us when we get older. If the republican party wasn’t hijacked by the religious right and wasn’t view as insane by the majority of the youth this last election and every one going forward would be a landslide and would end the democratic party. If you keep dragging this party to the fringe right it will go the way of the wig party and the democrats will own this country for the foreseeable future.