RIP GOP in Florida, since state is becoming true blue

Florida once again proved to be the key to victory for President Obama.

Even though the resultswere extremely close andwere still in contention the morning after, the fact that Mitt Romney could not win the state outright early and extensivelywas one of the major contributing factors to his losing the presidential election.

Sure, the demographics of the state made it a true bellwether of the nation’s political being and the practical tie in the vote for president in Florida reflected the predicted tightness of the popular vote nationwide— but there’s much more to read in those numbers.

The Republican Party in Florida proved it’s comatose, if not outright dead, as a consequential influence in state politics by not delivering an economically crippled Florida in a bigway to the Romney camp.

The failure of theGOPto capture Florida for Romneywas only one of its failings.

The party’s inability to capture a Senate seat froma mediocre incumbent running in a state with aweak economy and to protect a number of its incumbents and candidates ( and rising stars) in whatwere or should have been very close races in state, congressional and local races in Democratic- centric South Florida is a nothing less than a political catastrophe.

The results showed that theTally- centric Republican Party of Florida is an ineffective, outdated, out- of- touch political machine that has failed once again to meet the challenges of the demographic changes in Florida, particularly the influx of Puerto Ricans fromthe northeast into the I- 4 corridor and the conversion of younger Cubans to the Democratic brand in MiamiDade County.

The RPOF remains stuck in sinking mud in theTerry Schiavo era of Florida politics, more consumed with its petty fight with former turncoat Gov. Charlie Crist than getting political candidates representing a broad spectrum of political thought elected to office.

The election showed its failed focus remains on crusading on Christian social issues and protecting a small, but extremely powerful rich super constituency of millionaires and powerful insurance, agriculture and finance lobby.

They spent more time pushing a bloated ballot containing too many right- wing social and economic issues and continuing the fight to limit early voting rather than concentrating on tough races in South Florida involving rising stars in its ranks like AllenWest, AdamHasner and Ellyn Bogdanoff.

And the results reflected the impotency and insignificance of the unpopular Republican Gov. Scott, the unpopularGOP “leader” of the state Romney had to shun.

President Obama’s success has truly shownthat Florida is no longer a battleground state.

The demographic changes that center on a growing first generation immigrant Hispanic population and an influx of minority baby boomers fromtheNorth to the south and center regions of the state will certainly continue to change the economic and political realities of Florida.

Florida is no longer a red, southern state, but instead a secondNewYork state, a Democratic stronghold where a large minority of its citizens believes in the concept of Federal supremacy and subsists on the largesse of big government

As a result, Florida nowhas become yet another given Democratic state in terms of electoral votes as much as other states with very significant numbers like California, NewYork andNewJersey. The failure in last two presidential elections of the RPOF to deliver the state’s 29 votes reflects that new political reality.

In his concession speech after losing a tough race, moderateMassachusetts Gov. Scott Brown stated: “There are no obstacles that can’t be overcome and defeat is only temporary.”

Last night’s results showed that unless there’s an earthquake inTallahassee, the defeat is eternal and Republican Party is dead in Florida.