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roadmap to a permanent republican minority -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Nov 7 '08, 09:28

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"The moderate wing of the Republican Party is dead." (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)

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"Don't get cocky, kid[s]." -- nm - Han Vermin Nov 7, 09:35 15
- It'll be interesting to see what the GOP does... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 09:43 5
  - I do see a forthcoming amplification of the 'culture wars'. I hate the 'culture wars'. -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 09:46 4
    - sure, if your position is repudiated, simply repeat it louder, and then smirk like you scored a mighty ideological blow. - znufrii Nov 7, 09:50 2
      - The electorate moved on them...they can just as easily move back. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 09:58
      - It worked for Bush for eight years. How was she to know? -- nm - TaurusII Nov 7, 09:51
    - the culture wars are not going away anytime soon. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 09:49
- well, as long as you're okay with the uber-right wing of the GOP condemning the party to irrelevance... - znufrii Nov 7, 09:38 7
  - I'd rather see the uber-right wing of the GOP break off and fade away all by its lonesome. -- nm - TaurusII Nov 7, 09:56 2
    - not likely, imho. -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 09:57 1
      - I agree. - TaurusII Nov 7, 09:59
  - Who's to say this approach is wrong? McCain lost by 5%. If the base had been motivated, could he have turned that 5% - ty97 Nov 7, 09:43 3
    - If he had motivated the base to get that 5%, how much more of the center would he have lost in the process? -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 09:47 2
      - The base didn't find McCain distasteful. It's just that economic concerns trump all other issues when voters are looking at potential job losses down - Loyola Nov 7, 09:58 1
        
        this is true. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 10:01
- Thank you Mr. Cowboy. I'll take it under advisement. -- nm - Hans Gruber Nov 7, 09:37
So...John McCain essentially killed the Moderate wing of the GOP? - Mel Profit Nov 7, 09:35
one-party control forever? no thanks. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 09:29 8
- best case scenario: the GOP continues its right turn into irrelevance, and the Dems take over the center, allowing progressively liberal parties to - znufrii Nov 7, 09:34 6
  - I remember talk of how the DNC was finished as a national party after '04. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 09:43 5
    - *nods*. You woudl think McCain lost 80-20 -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 09:47 4
      - neither of them is going away anytime soon. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 09:49 3
        
        there isn't a single GOP congressperson left in New England -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 09:51 2
        
        In the defense of the GOP we in NE are pretty much just crazy, commie, dog fuckers. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 10:00
        
        in the House, at least. They've still got Snowe and Collins in the Senate -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 09:52
- it's not really the democrats' call to make -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 09:31

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