1. Marrying a Mexican beauty.

2. Working for Andrew Breitbart

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In response to Time to get hip:

I remember the precise moment when I first began having grave doubts about the Romney political machine, and the overall conservative view of the electorate: when Obama political technician Jim Messina talked about using computer technology to locate "marginal voters" and usher them to the polls.  A lot of people on the Right began mocking Messina, because they thought he sounded pathetic - he might as well have been talking about rounding up unicorns and planting ballots upon their horns!  But I didn't think it was funny at all.  Messina said some odd things during the campaign, but this made perfect sense to me.  Why not use the power of data mining, coupled with a little old-fashioned shoe leather, to track down disaffected voters and persuade them to pull the lever for your guy?

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In response to Lisa :

Great points. It reminds me of some articles I read from the Red Mass Group and Ars Technica.  They analyzed how the GOP lost the tech game and it is for many of the same reasons we are losing battles on the small business front. The dems have brilliant, smart technical innovators on their side, running their digital game. The GOP, not so much. 

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In response to Get Hip:

I remember an article some magazine did about Republican hipsters (can't find it on Google) about half a year back; as conservatives passed it around, the majority of the response was mockery—"weirdos" this, "betas" that. And that, more than any top-down campaign failure, I feel was one of the biggest factors of our 2012 drubbing.

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In response to Get Hip:

Great post, Iowahawk.  I think it would be great if some free market groups could reach out to small business owners and dreamers to offer training sessions on internet marketing and navigating local laws and regulations.  Whether it's food trucks or the hipsters showing off their products on Food Channel's Foodcrafters the entrepreneur spirit seems to cross political lines.  I'm sure some groups will look at the folks behind these businesses and think it's not worth the effort... and that's why we always lose.  Sure it could be a decade before the dread-locked Oregonian understands how the red tape and government regulations created by leftist bureaucrats hinder his organic nut butter business, but it's worth it.  Even if conservatives don't gain votes, at least they're helping small businesses create jobs. 

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