blueballsdc,
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Originally Posted by blueballsdc
The Republican party is far from dead. Just look at their control of Governorships, state legislatures, and local municipalities.
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Agreed. They have all three houses in my state (Wisconsin) right now but I think they'll lose some of those in the next election as they've done some things people really don't like. Probably like that in other states as well.
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I'm not saying that the party won't change. I could very well imagine a split between the religious elements, the conservative elements, and the moderate elements of the party. There are many Republicans that are fiscal and social conservatives but not very religious.
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There aren't a lot of Republicans where I live but I know a few outside of the area. Most are old school; fiscal conservatives who would prefer smaller government (something I understand and agree with). Most all of these people just don't understand what is happening with the party and they're becoming very uncomfortable. How long will they continue to support the party? Don't know. Stay tuned.
Seems to me they will have to change eventually. But I don't see them doing it right now. Just look at that vote for Sandy aid relief. An interesting article from the Palm Beach Post:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/ne...-hurric/nWCyk/
With a couple of quotes:
"A majority of Florida’s congressional delegation claimed to have voted against the Hurricane Sandy aid bill on fiscal principle. They are from the wrong state to cast such a vote on such a flimsy principle.
The $51 billion aid package, most of it for New York and New Jersey, cleared the Senate Monday by a vote of 62-36. All the no votes came from Republicans, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. On Jan. 15, the legislation passed the House 241-180. Thirteen of Florida’s 16 House Republicans voted no. The exceptions were Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami and Bill Young of St. Petersburg. All nine Democrats voted for the relief bill."
Maybe people would believe Republicans were fiscal conservatives except the Bush administration spent like raped apes and wouldn't put the cost of two wars on the books. Fiscal conservatives? Yeah right. When pigs fly.
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I can't see things ending up as multi-party because the politics in the USA are really only set up for two big parties.
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Well, things can change. Maybe its best they do as the current Republicans seem to be in real trouble. The Brits seem to do OK with a multi-party system. We can probably do as well.