Good Idea

I was reading an article written by Mike Murphy for Time. The article is "The Ice Age Cometh" it has a red white and blue mammoth. It is good symbolism and fits the article well and Murphy makes good points about the direction of the party. Two of them I completely agree with. Which are young voters and Latinos both of which broke decidedly for Obama. When it comes to young voters Mike Murphy points out that a more Libertarian stance on social issues would attract young voters. We must be smart young voters are not culture warriors and don't want to be and do not have the appetite for it.
The second point that I stand with Murphy on is Latinos, he points out that because of Latinos Obama carried Indiana, solid Republican Indiana. We as a party must modernize to what the demographics tell us. One Latino voters are a growing demographic and will continue to be a growing demographic. Why we remain scared of a small group of anti-immigration zealots is beyond me. They are a shrinking base that we will not win elections with. We don't need to drop our conservative principles but we do need to modernize them in a way that fits with the changing demographic landscape if we are really to avoid a republican ice age.