JakeStarkey
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Wasn't that long ago people thought the democratic party was dying, look how that turned out. The one thing we know for sure is that the majority party will eventually screw up enough to get themselves voted out of office.
The problem with the Republican Party is that they are gradually pushing more and more of their own out of the party due to the far right being absolutely intolerant of anyone who might have even slightly more moderate views, whether that be on taxation issues, or social issues. The far right is so rabid about their positions that many even suggest just starting a new party of far right wing conservatives. This is how out of touch these people are, and it is the reason the Republican Party is in so much trouble for the long run. The truth is that the country is moving to the left on many issues. That doesn't mean we are becoming a socialist country full of Marxists and Communists like the rabid right suggests, but it does mean that the right is cornering themselves.
In political forums such as this one, it looks as if the far right is the majority. They dominate the conversation in these forums and try to belittle anyone with differing views. The problem is that political forums like this do not represent the real world. In the real world, we don't see the type of fanaticism that exists in these forums, at least that type of fanaticism doesn't dominate normal discourse. The Republican Party may not be dead yet, but it better do something to restrain the far right and bring back the moderates, or it will definitely become a dying party.
You think that the Dems are not doing the same thing? They are
Dems have pushed out the conservatives and moderates in their party.
The extreme far left is running the Democratic party.
Nope, or we would have a single-payer nationalized health care system.