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| Future of the Republicans; Will they implode ? | |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Nov 6 2008, 04:47 PM Post #16 |
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There were many of the conservative base who were going to "stay home" and not vote. Happens often. The "I know we'll lose but I have my principles" voters. It was their protest. Palin got a lot of them excited again. She is part of the future of the party. People LIKE HER will be the future of the Republicans. To be honest, I've never understood why this country doesn't have a centrist party. That's who both sides go after during the election. |
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| Franko | Nov 7 2008, 03:23 AM Post #17 |
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That's been a tradition in Canada. The leftist NDP and the Tories hammer away at the Liberal party, it was even evident during our pre-election debates up here, when the attention should have been mainly on attacking the incumbant Tory PM Harper. I wonder if there's any chance in the future of either the Replubican party or the Democratic party splitting into two camps; I guess under certain conditions it could happen to either. I'm still trying to figure out where exactly Ross Perot was in this mix. |
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| Swidden | Nov 7 2008, 04:15 AM Post #18 |
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No the Republican Party won't implode over this. The funny thing is in 2000 and 2004 this was what the pundits were wondering about the Democratic Party. The whole Republican Revolution in 1994 started it off and election after election they kept winning seats in both houses of Congress. The Democratic Party was viewed as being in disarray and having no message. Then, in 2006 (we can discuss why somewhere else, I'm just limiting this to the events), the Democrats found their voice and took back Congress. Now they have Congress and like when Bush was getting elected the first time, increasing their control of both Houses at the same time. How long will it take for the Republicans to get their act together? Who knows, it took the Democrats 10 years. If they govern smart they may hold on for a few years, but odds are that sooner or later the coveted swing voters will see things shifting too far to the left and start voting Republican again and the pendulum will swing as it is wont to do... |
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| Swidden | Nov 7 2008, 04:23 AM Post #19 |
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I don't agree that he had the conservative base of the party locked up because Preseident-elect Obama was viewed as being too far to the left. I think this is where McCain's two vulnerabilities become clearly evident. McCain's "maverick" status is what kept him from beating President Bush for the nomination in 2000. He moved to the right this time in an effort to shore up the base. If he had picked anyone other than a social conservative like Gov. Palin as a running mate, I think he would have had a problem with social conservatives staying home on election day and losing for that reason (probably by a bigger margin too). |
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