[ It’s pretty hard to maintain a Republic under those circumstances, when even the allegedly most ‘conservative’ are willing to fight against demanding accountability. ]
Thats why poliical partys are becoming OBSOLETE...
And why the TpCaucus is becoming the power in Federal and some State governments..
AND its growing... in power scope and impact..
Coburn bitch slapps the Senate—>> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/clip.php?appid=599986131
The biggest reason political parties are becoming obsolete is that their labels stand for little, if anything. Platforms used to be a stand on issues that individual candidates would be expected to adhere to. Now, it's a al carte. So a Republican in Massachussets stands for one thing that may be to the left of a Democrat in flyover country--and they get away with it. It's the single biggest reason donations to central party funds are down, that you might end up supporting someone you would not support otherwise.
Similarly, the party has been smug in that they will get votes just because they aren't the opposition.
Vice versa from the other side.
Either way, after paying a little lip service and running ads to get aelected, it is as if no one in DC feels any need to listen to their electorate, with a few exceptions.
And why the TpCaucus is becoming the power in Federal and some State governments..
The TEA party movement has a following from those who want a voice in their government, who want to exercise their power on a government which they feel is no longer operating in their best interests, nor the best interests of the Republic. Sure, it has grown, and will continue to do so so long as it is not converted into a top-down organization. If that happens, it, too will go the way of the whigs.
Anyone who has earned a paycheck and balanced a checkbook on a non-government job is likely to be dissatisfied with the nonsense in DC, and at State and local levels as well.