GOP is becoming America's dominant party

Miami Herald ^ | November 12, 2003 | Paul Crespo

[GaryL]

Wow! I reqd this article this morning and suddenly I feel a whole lot better! We're in much better shape than we realize, especially if you compare our position twenty yeaers ago, as the author suggests. And twenty years ago there was no such thing as the conservative, alternative news media.

[hapy]

hey I have been telling you guys this for how long now?


the liberals are losing their people at a fast pace.

College kids are more and more becoming conservatives, they are scared shitless.. and the good news is they should be

[Brett66]

I guess there will be more and more people switching to the Republican party from the dem party. Polls seem to indicate this and the Republican party will be considered a "mainstream" party while the dems tack leftward. Something is going to give, the dems are going to have a split or slowly sink into obscurity. I can't imagine the conservative/moderate dems will just sit and watch this happen, they will split off from the dems to form a new party.

[50sDad]

Hah-HAW!

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

We must be careful not to get into the way of the Democrat! We must guard the integrity of the GOP's direction. And maintain a wide umbrella for all!

[AK2KX]

...Democrats seem to be careening further leftward -- and backward -- toward ... irrelevance and political suicide.

Sounds good to me!

[hapy]

but but how can this be?

we are the educated ones.......

so so how how can this be?

[randog]

Something is going to give, the dems are going to have a split or slowly sink into obscurity. I can't imagine the conservative/moderate dems will just sit and watch this happen, they will split off from the dems to form a new party.

Another freeper suggested about a month ago that the real ideological debate will shift from liberalism vs. conservatism to libertarianism vs. conservatism. I don't know if this is wishful thinking on the part of a libertarian, but it seems to me like it could happen.

[Galtoid]

I bet McAwful doesn't agree with this assessment. Let's hope he is still in his deep denial, and is still taking marching orders from Billary.
One thing this article fails to emphasize is Bill Clinton's huge losses for his party during his presidency.

[GaryL]

And if the Dems are drifting further leftward now, just wait - who knows what Al Sharpton has up his sleeve!! He may start threatening a third party run if he's not on the Democratic ticket in 2004! This would be the Democrats' worse nightmare and don't think that Sharpton doesn't know it.

I've been thinking about this scenario for a while and I think it's a distinct possibility. Sharpton will try to blackmail them into getting what he wants - which is more power for himself. And why shouldn't he, considering the numbers that blacks deliver to the Democratic party and the way the Dems take the black vote for granted. He's got a lot of leverage and don't be surprised if he doesn't use it - sooner rather than later! They know they can't win anything without 90%+ of the black vote! A threat like this could really pull them leftward - and leave the continuing widening "middle" open for the GOP!

[AZFolks]

Fascinating results which we all knew. A Pew Center Poll shows a massive migration to the GOP. This is reminiscent of the shift during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. I can recall when Reagan refused to "back down" to the Soviets, the left in America and the Western Europeans went wild with demonstrations and protests... the same as is happening today. However, Americans saw the truth as we do now and understood what is best despite the distractions.

[VRWC_minion]

With President Bushs signature of the ("so-called" ?) partial-birth abortion ban

How did that get past the editor ?

[freeangel]

It would seem, however, that the minority party can call the shots--witness the judicial filibuster.

[VRWC_minion]

Its op ed. No wonder.

[blackdog]

There are many democrats willing to let this happen. They will stand in the background, remaining silent, while the power elite in the party destroy it. Once they are all wearing trash cans on their heads and lining up at the Kool-Aide bowl, a few artful dodger types will emerge as the remade saviors of the party. They just can't do it now without being Arkancided.

[mgist]

Nice catch!

[Chewbacca]

IMHO the Democrates have proven themselves to be the party of racists, communist and baby killers.

No freedom loving American wants to be associated with that.

[trebb]

The political realignment of the South is having a spreading effect. The Dims don't seem to recall that while much of the South has been historically Democrats, they have been conservative Democrats. The further the Dims move to the left, the more they erode their power base and they can't seem to stop the knee-jerk move to the far left when things go wrong. Sweet!!!

[Terpfen]

I'm sorry, what are we university students supposed to be scared shitless of, and why?