It may come to that.
I think on a national basis if it is going to happen it will be the Tea Party Caucus leaving the Pubs and forming their own party. The problem is at the local level redistricting is controlled by the Rats and Pubs every 10 years and they will draw districts to minimize the ability of a 3rd party to grow. Also, the media is in bed with the Rats and will do everything to marginalize any conservative party.
Finally, how would this new conservative party handle the populist bent emerging within conservatism. I doubt I'm alone in being surprised at the recent condemnation of people who have done well and the idea that unless you "sweat" you really aren't working.
“I doubt I’m alone in being surprised at the recent condemnation of people who have done well and the idea that unless you “sweat” you really aren’t working.”
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Well whether you are or not in a small minority still sipping on the “free trade” koolaid, sending American factories to China and firing the American employees, certainly doesn’t qualify as “working” to this poster.
Perhaps we’ll just agree to disagree.
The bible does say that men shall live by the sweat of their brow. So quite honestly WM if you are getting rich without ever having broken a sweat, then maybe there really is something sinister about the way you make a living.
Gen 3:19 "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
The "populist" criticisms of the manner in which Romney made his millions is not so much envy as it is wonder. I don't envy Romney's millions, but there is something sinister in the manner in which he leveraged companies and borrowed against the assets of failing companies to enrich himself that is clearly worthy of criticism.
Capitalism is a great system, but like all systems there are those who skirt the line between morality and immorality, between legal and illegal.
I don’t think the issue is people who have done well.
The issue is honesty. There is a backlash against people getting rich dishonestly, and folks consider crony capitalism to be dishonest whether illegal or not.