Decent Article On The Future Of The Republican Party

[Perknose]

Essentially, no matter what, they're going to continue drifting right. If Romney loses, he'll be "forgotten in about in 48 hours," and they'll just say, as with McCain, that he wasn't conservative enough (which, anyway, is true.)

But even if he wins, Frank Rich sees him as a placeholder for the younger, real conservative.

And Obama, in his second term, will continue to be the same cautious centrist he was in his first, and won't be willing or able to take the gloves off and be a true progressive.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

No offense to Rich, but this was bloody obvious ages ago.

 

[Jhhnn]

Sad but true, supported by studies-

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/

Righties function on the basis of belief. So anything challenging their most cherished beliefs just makes them believe even more ardently.

There was a time, long ago, when Repub leaders moderated the views of the nuttier members of their flock, who've always been there. Back in the 80's, they discovered that politicizing the fundie fringe & radicalizing their own base, energizing them, helped to win elections, and it's never been the same.

The same nuttiness has always been there, it's just that today they're more powerful & that the inmates have taken over the asylum-

http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...re-still-crazy-after-all-these-years-20120316

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Let them. There has to be a point where they become too unpalatable to the average person to remain a viable party. And if there isn't we are doomed anyway.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Until people understand that complex problems require more than political solutions we're pretty much screwed anyway. As far as Republicans go it's hard to know when they'll get their act together. If they wait too long we might be a one party society.

 

[Anarchist420]

And Obama, in his second term, will continue to be the same cautious centrist he was in his first, and won't be willing or able to take the gloves off and be a true progressive.

First of all... Rich is Retarded or on some hard drugs.

Secondly, an Original (i.e., Rooseveltian) Progressives was a National Socialist... even the first Roosevelt in what would become U.S. politics, was of what would become part of the International Democrat Union. Progressivism and modern liberalism were not the same and they were in fact kind of like mortal enemies until FDR conned us into believing they were the same when he tried to fuse the policies. Nonetheless, FDR was the outlier of the Party of Jefferson, Jackson, and Cleveland... FDR governed as more of a Conservative Nationalist than as a Marxist. FDR offered no new ideas and had none of his own just like me and myself, but not I.

But even if he wins,

Romney or Santorum will win. Obama won't have two full terms if he even starts a second term. It may be better if Romney wins this election (whatever "election" means) because the best people will get used to the damage sooner rather than later. Then again, there won't be world peace of greater than 50% purity so the timing kind of matters, but it really doesn't matter.

Until people understand that complex problems require more than political solutions we're pretty much screwed anyway. As far as Republicans go it's hard to know when they'll get their act together. If they wait too long we might be a one party society.

The International Democrat Union is about to rule the world, until they get defeated by the alliance of nations who were communist 30 years ago. Whatever remains from the U.S. Republic will be the (Imperial) American State.

Let them. There has to be a point where they become too unpalatable to the average person to remain a viable party. And if there isn't we are doomed anyway.

Good reasoning right there.