Republican civil war continues: Chris Cristie

[TaraJo]

I'm also delighted to see that there are some Republicans out there who get it and are abandoning those extremist, hard-line stances

They will be primaried by the nut jobs and defeated.

If they primary out Cristie, the next governor of New Jersey will be a Democrat. New Jersey is a pretty reliably blue state and there's no way they'll be able to get a far-right nut-job elected there in a state wide election.

Congressional seats are another story, especially the House of Representatives. Both parties are gerimandering the districts not so that they can get a better idea on what the population as a whole wants, but instead they're drawn up to benefit one party or the other. So, when the general election comes up, if you're running for office in a district that's over 60% Republican, and you're a Republican, the only way you can possibly lose is if you lose the primary (and remember how batshit crazy the Republicans were during the primaries?). That fills th House with extremists who have to remain radical or they won't get re-elected.

I swear, there are times I want us to all just scrap the entire Republic we have now and start over. I see way too many flaws that need to be fixed.