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In response to "Rush Limbaugh: "If Obama wins, that will be the end of the Republican party" -- (link)" by amoxy

In a sense, Obama's win in 2008 was the end of the GOP as we knew it.

Posted by Mop (199 lbs) (aka rburriel) Sep 11 '12, 16:39

There's no doubt that the party will continue to evolve and an entity known as the Republican Party will continue to exist. Some hope that an Obama win will finally make the GOP more moderate. As discussed on ST, many expect that an Obama win will actually make the GOP more extreme. If it does indeed become more extreme, maybe a 3rd party will step in the middle-of-the-road void. But that doesn't mean the GOP will just dry up and fade away.

Mop

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I thought the economic disaster they created with their "limited government" and "free market economy" nonsense would do it. - GregW Sep 11, 17:12
I would hope that the GOP would fracture and form 2 new parties, one for the tea party fucknuts, and one for the people who have valid ideas. - Beryllium Sep 11, 16:42 4
- I'd hope that eventually, the Republicans who realise their party is unelectable in its current state will wrest control of it, and the tea partiers - Roger More Sep 11, 16:52
- (Am I allowed to call them that? That's OK, right?) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 16:44 2
  - I believe that's how they self-describe. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:45 1
    - "It's okay. Actually, I think that's their technical name. " -- nm - Harold Ramis Sep 11, 16:58
this is one of the reasons I had kind of hoped Santorum had won the nod, - Reagen Sep 11, 16:41 2
- I was very much rooting for this. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:44
- That would have been hilarious -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 16:42

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In a sense, Obama's win in 2008 was the end of the GOP as we knew it.

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