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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 2 22:45:08 2009, in response to Re: Food for Thought For Liberals, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Jul 2 11:20:49 2009. This isn't quite the same thing. The Republicans are seeing a rift based on the party's fundamental principles, which hasn't been seen since the split between conservative Democrats and progressive Democrats in the late 1960s. Yes, the Democratic party survived (though with a completely different set of principles), and the same could be true of the Republican party, but only if a better alternative doesn't come along.Very good analysis. The difference is that progressive principles were ascendant in the late 60's and those theories were actually seen in Nixon's policies even though he cynically parlayed conservative disenchantment with the Civil Rights Era into the Southern Strategy. These tactics allowed the GOP to carry both the South AND places like CA, PA, MI etc for the next 20 years. That GOP no longer exists. Obama has no need to "triangulate" because the GOP's principles in both the economic and social arenas as well as their foreign policy ideas and their ability to govern are now discredited in the eyes of the American public. The various wings that make up the modern GOP never really had much in common to begin with but it worked as long as they kept on winning elections or had the chance of winning after temporary setbacks. Now they are having circular firing squads because their message is no longer registering and they don't know how to proceed in putting out one in a coherent manner. |
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