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Since the Grand Old Party, so called, lost the Nov. 6 presidential race, Republicans are blaming everything and everyone. When both Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan could not even get enough votes to win in their home states, what do they expect?

Maybe the GOP needs to rethink its platform.

Lloyd J. Cummings

Draper