The GOP courted the conservative Christians, the Tea Party types, and the xenophobes and they are finally reaping the whirlwind. Cry me a river.
The Republicans are on life support, at least so far as the Presidency is concerned. Hell, they probably would have collapsed years sooner if McCain had won in '08 because they would have had to own the George W. mess completely. As it is, the country gave them a fucking gift by electing and re-electing Obama, providing them a handy bogey man they could blame for as much of it as they could get away with. But I think this is the election that will make or break them. The party can cave to the base and lose mightily in November, or they can weasel one of their establishment favorites into the nomination and risk their base staying home or Trump running as an independent. I agree with Steel that Rubio is probably their best hope, but even then I don't see him beating Clinton. She would have to be found at a murder scene with a bloody knife in her hand to blow it.
I should add that to say the GOP might be going away in the not-so-distant future is not to say that center-left or more liberal views have really carried the day. This country will remain the center-right curiosity it's been for years, and the mouth-breathers on the far right will become even more emboldened to "take back" the country. I believe a GOP collapse will usher in an even nastier, more polarized electorate than we have now. Bad as it seems, we're not even near the bottom of the barrel.
Interesting times, as the Chinese curse would have it.
The Republicans are on life support, at least so far as the Presidency is concerned. Hell, they probably would have collapsed years sooner if McCain had won in '08 because they would have had to own the George W. mess completely. As it is, the country gave them a fucking gift by electing and re-electing Obama, providing them a handy bogey man they could blame for as much of it as they could get away with. But I think this is the election that will make or break them. The party can cave to the base and lose mightily in November, or they can weasel one of their establishment favorites into the nomination and risk their base staying home or Trump running as an independent. I agree with Steel that Rubio is probably their best hope, but even then I don't see him beating Clinton. She would have to be found at a murder scene with a bloody knife in her hand to blow it.
I should add that to say the GOP might be going away in the not-so-distant future is not to say that center-left or more liberal views have really carried the day. This country will remain the center-right curiosity it's been for years, and the mouth-breathers on the far right will become even more emboldened to "take back" the country. I believe a GOP collapse will usher in an even nastier, more polarized electorate than we have now. Bad as it seems, we're not even near the bottom of the barrel.
Interesting times, as the Chinese curse would have it.
