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| Republican Populism--or Republican Destruction |
| 2014-10-21 |
| ...Given such a disastrous Democratic landscape, it may be penny-wise for Republicans to eek out a midterm victory to win back the Senate by being against anything Obama is for. But it is a pound-foolish strategy that won't do anything to stop Hillary Clinton or a Democratic resurgence in 2016. In a word, the Republicans have several issues that resonate with the middle class, and yet they either cannot or will not cast them in a populist vein. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 I agree with TW as well. I also agree with Dr. Ben Carson when he says [paraphrasing here] "the kak will hit the fan when the free stuff stops." Multiple generations of IQ67 entitlement recipients are not simply going to fade away quietly to take up gardening and woodcutting. There could be some difficult days ahead. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-10-21 15:50 |
| #5 I agree with trailing wife. At some point there will be a tipping point and the more accomidating Republicans will realize the Dems no longer own the feeding trough. That point comes quicker the more Republicans are in office. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-10-21 14:38 |
| #4 If the tea partiers are doing a long march through the Republican Party, as they are trying to do -- the Democrats not being susceptible to such as they nowadays -- it sure would help the cause if more Republicans were actually elected. I'd much rather have two years of President Obama having to veto everything that comes to his desk than having him happily sign off on more Progressive dream bills written in the spirit of the Stimulus and Obqmacare. Politics is the art of the possible. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-10-21 14:12 |
| #3 All the GOP elite are concerned about is having a good seat at the feed trough. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-10-21 07:19 |
| #2 With Cheif Justice Roberts at the legal helm it just does not matter anymore who wins. It is merely a matter of who gets to manage the decline. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-10-21 06:45 |
| #1 Let's be honest (from an outsiders point of view). The GOP are just as "elitist" (I prefer the term rent-seeking narcissists) as the Dems, and have a basic problem, they're selling their own sort of marxism except with clueless PR. I'm surprised their vote has held up at all. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-10-21 06:19 |