The biggest failing of the GOP, in my opinion, is that AS A PARTY they do absolutely NOTHING to see the furtherance of the party’s [supposed] planks.
Remember when the Republicans had control of the Legislature and the Executive? How many proposals did they put forward to illegalize abortion?
How about shrink the size/scope/expenditure of government?
At least the Democratic party, AS A PARTY, *tries* to achieve their goals.
The Republican PARTY, IMO, is playing the “bitter gun- and religion-clingers” for fools*.
*remember that NY spot? NY-21 was it?
Yep.
I’ve seen this throughout the 90’s as well. We “gun nuts” were responsible for giving the GOP control of Congress after the 1994 AW “ban” and Brady legislation, but the GOP didn’t do anything to undo those bills, and some in the GOP (eg, the supposed Republican Bloomberg) still have a fixation on “gun show loopholes” and other such twaddle.
The base of the GOP are seen by the leadership as “useful idiots.”
They have never sought to truly shrink the size of government. All they ever managed to do is talk about reducing the increase in the federal budget.