Of the 27 most moderate Republican senators who served in 2007, at most six will return to the Congress in 2013: John McCain, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thad Cochran, Lamar Alexander and Charles Grassley.
"The other 21 have been ousted from the Congress in some way. Eight of them retired or have announced plans to do so. One, Craig Thomas of Wyoming, died in office. Another, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, switched parties, then lost the primary election as a Democrat. Nine of them lost the general election as Republicans. And two were defeated in a Republican primary contest, not counting Ms. Murkowski, who lost hers in 2010 but won re-election anyway as a write-in candidate. In total, that's an attrition rate of 78 percent." *************************************************************************
-- Former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO), if ideological purges continue in the Republican party: "You're gonna be left with a party that is very pure and increasingly inconsequential. And a political system that is increasingly unable to get off the dime."
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
-- Former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO), if ideological purges continue in the Republican party: "You're gonna be left with a party that is very pure and increasingly inconsequential. And a political system that is increasingly unable to get off the dime."
Very good Mr. Danforth. We are well aware of the political system that is unable to get off the dime. Luckily we can see the consequences of that in Europe like Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Italy. We have the same problem in the U.S., the difference, our freeloaders are spread out throughout the states and aren't concentrated in a select few states in the union like what is happening in the EU.
The virtual 3rd party rising up though the Republican party will either be the pivotal constituency that moves the political left to the right or, if no political coalitions can be formed, it will ultimately lead to years a gridlock in the Federal government.
Reagan Would Struggle with Today's Republican Party Jeb Bush said that both Ronald Reagan and his father George H. W. Bush "would have had a difficult time getting nominated by today's ultra-conservative Republican Party" .
Said Bush: "Ronald Reagan would have, based on his record of finding accommodation, finding some degree of common ground, as would my dad -- they would have a hard time if you define the Republican party -- and I don't -- as having an orthodoxy that doesn't allow for disagreement, doesn't allow for finding some common ground."
He added that he views the hyper-partisan moment as "temporary" but called it "disturbing."
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Reagan Would Struggle with Today's Republican Party Jeb Bush said that both Ronald Reagan and his father George H. W. Bush "would have had a difficult time getting nominated by today's ultra-conservative Republican Party" .
Said Bush: "Ronald Reagan would have, based on his record of finding accommodation, finding some degree of common ground, as would my dad -- they would have a hard time if you define the Republican party -- and I don't -- as having an orthodoxy that doesn't allow for disagreement, doesn't allow for finding some common ground."
He added that he views the hyper-partisan moment as "temporary" but called it "disturbing."
If you compare the growing number of people in today's Republican Party to politician prior to the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913, there would be a lot more common ground found.
The bankers controlling the parties, and the politicians controlled by the bankers don't like the anti Federal Reserve sentiment in the Republican Party.
The GOP will compromise the same way the Dems did with the Health-care Law.
The Democrats DID compromise on the health care law. One of the principle reasons that so many Democrats are unhappy with Obama Care is because of Obama compromise.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The Democrats DID compromise on the health care law. One of the principle reasons that so many Democrats are unhappy with Obama Care is because of Obama compromise.
Compromise? Not one Republican voted for it...The public opinion polling was against it.
Box, are you unaware of how the rhetorical game is played? Leftist Democrats in congress offer a MORE extreme position (single payer) than the already extreme position (individual mandate), then give the appearance of compromise by accepting the already extreme position of individual mandate. Then they can run around calling themselves compromisers and make the president look pragmatic and not a left wing ideologue.(which he is).
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