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Originally Posted by JoshGirls Josh
dole is wrong. its not gonna take a year of rethinking to improve the repubs. It is simply no longer a national political party. only a southern/midwestern party. & they may lose even that as each passing generation is more connected & progressive then the last.
unlike the clintons & the new democrats of 92, there is no republican equivalent to bring the party back to the center. instead, the new republicans, like rand paul, are libertarian & arguably more right wing then the leadership, if thats possible.
so a discussion of the republicans future should be about what replaces the republicans, not how the repubs re-pitch their boilerplate.
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The Repubs don't really have any future at this point. It doesn't mean they can't turn themselves around but they have as you mentioned alienated the voters.
The only hope they have is if the economy gets worse and more people lose their jobs. Neither of which is happening and even the national debit is going down faster than planned.
Really the last hope they have for the next election baring some great white hope that climbs out of the wood work and speaks to the people is "scandals".
This is why I think the Right's only focus at this point is trying to catch Obama up in some scandal and trying to make mountains out of mole hills with each one. Their only real chance with that working is to get something so bad that people get pissed at Dems and a intern BJ isn't going to do it..
Honestly that's a crap shoot at best, even if Obama got caught up in something it doesn't mean people wouldn't vote for a Dem the next time. The economy is going much better now people are finding jobs and the housing market is coming back. Not to mention he's lived up to his promise of ending the wars as Afghan will soon come to a close of major US involvement.
People with out the GOP issued rose colored glasses remember the Bush years and they don't want that back.
The fact that the GOP can't see the forest for the sake of the trees speaks volumes. Everyone is sick of the bullshit in Washington, regardless of the party. The only thing the Right actually would have to do to get back in the white house is actually do their fucking job with out all the bull shit. Something it seems they are incapable of doing.