I've been saying this for three days on here. We,the hard right of the party have become the black constituents of the Republican party. We will and are getting the same treatment that the rats give the black voters of which they get an astonishing 91%. There is no reason for the pubbies to do anything for us at all. We are going no where and we have no choice but to vote them in over and over. I'm not saying it's right I'm just telling it like it is.
You are right, we are not going anywhere, but unless the hard right is fired up for an election, the soft republicans don't have the gumption to do the work needed to get the Pubbies elected/re-electd.
rodguy, I'm not sure I fully agree with you. I think the religious right wields a bit of power, because they're great grassroots activists. They're true believers, hard workers, and American to the core. But in order to see how much power they actually wield they probably have to be prepared to leave, but where will they/we go? We have no place, and that's why a viable Third Party would produce a world of good. But when I say viable, I mean viable. Smart leaders, good PR people and all the rest. Not sure that will ever happen but it would be the impetus needed for both parties to begin an examination of conscience.
I'm a democrat at heart, but I can't go there, they're insane, really, truly insane! And, oh, how I long for a good, solid, loyal opposition to the Republicans. Good for them, good for us, good for the Country, without that we're in big trouble. A loyal opposition party is absolutely necessary for a healthy republic.
We may be witnessing a historical watershed moment here. It is impossible for me to believe that we are a nation on a future course the likes of which we witnessed today. If the America that de Toqueville knew, that he descibed as being great because she was good goes down in flames, the whole world goes down with her.