Republican Party Purge

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

^So much this. Political parties have platforms which they hope will become policies which they hope to turn into laws. The GOP have none of these, they are simply obstructionists.

I doubt very much, though, that an actual purge will be needed. As long as the republicans continue to camp out on the far right and refuse to become centre-right, they will keep sliding into insignificance.

And if they DO become centre-right, they’ll effectively be Democrats. It wouldn’t surprise me if, in ten years or so, the GOP will have all the political clout of the proverbial bucket of warm piss. USian politics will remain a two-party system, but those parties will be Democrats and Progressive Liberals.

Boru

Of course, that said, the whole “sliding into insignificance” thing will hinge on them not being able to disenfranchise voters or gerrymandering their districts so they remain in power.

If that doesn’t happen, well, here’s another prediction for what might happen in 10 years:

Gerrymandering won’t save them. Americans on the right are beginning to realize that the GOP - despite their claims to the contrary - are not the party of working people. I grant that  it’ll take a concerted effort by Democrats to hammer this home, but the erosion has already begun. 

And the current disenfranchisement efforts are going to hurt Republicans more than it’ll help them. Corporations pay a high price to own members of Congress, and they’ve already made their displeasure known.

Boru