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In response to
"Maybe, but that scares me much less. And at some point, there needs to be a tipping point and more in the party will try to "right" the ship a la Jeb"
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Don Homer
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I agree, but I honestly thought that tipping point would come before this election. I've been thinking about whether this parallels with the Dems in
Posted by
Roger More (aka RogerMore)
Jun 11 '12, 11:00
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the 60s.
My history is shaky, but the basic gist I have was the Dems had to choose between being a progressive party and a populist one. They chose the progressive route, the populists spun off to become the short-lived Dixiecrats.
Today, we have the Republicans having to decide whether to be a conservative party - one that tries to manage the changes happening in society, but still work with the system we have - and a radical one, which wants to move to an entirely new model with a smaller role for government. There are two competing visions for the party and that can't last forever.
I suppose I was too optimistic that the Republicans would have this sorted by now - there hasn't been one of those knife-edge moments (like civil rights legislation) where the party commits to going one way and those who want to go the other way recognise that the debate is over within the party, and it's time to either fit in with the new direction or break off.
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