I can what? think for myself? Walk and chew gum at the same time? Believe it or not, there are billions of people that can do both of those. The people like you that can do neither are in the minority.
First, Republicans forced Democrats by calling them "unAmerican". Using 9/11 as a "whip" again and again. They could do this because Democrats are a coalition Party made up of very separate races and groups.
Obama pushed to have the PATRIOT Act renewed, and all but a few Democrats voted for it. Now we have Democrats telling us that overweight kids, copyright treaties, START, and global warming are national security issues. Don't worry though, Democrats would never try to scare us.
Second, Republicans vote in a block because that party is 90% white.
Remember the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Kickback? It seems Democrats only vote in a block if you bribe them.
Third, the Confederate faction within the Republican Party has way too much influence. Look how they go after the president whose only "crime" is being black. Obama has surrounded himself with middle of the road to conservatives, he has worked for the middle class, he has been lied about and smeared again and again.
What about the lies he spread about Hillary, the way he stole the primary, or the way he used the corrupt Chicago machine to get himself into the Illinois State Senate? Do those count as crimes, or are they just imaginary?
Forth, Republicans will support someone like John Boehner, even though there is video tape of him passing out "bribes" on the House Floor. But he's white (or kind of an orange white). Or Sarah Palin whose husband is a secessionist, her "husband" - a traitor. Because that's what a "secessionist" is.
The Democrats go forth by supporting Marion Barry even though there is video of him smoking crack, or Michael Vick even though he killed racist dogs. Not to mention all the tax cheats in Obama's cabinet, and the Senator who refuses to pay the state taxes on his boat. Who is more of a traitor, a person who wants to secede, yet pays all his taxes, or a person who refuses to pay the taxes he votes on for other people to pay?
Fifth, the Democratic Party has conservatives, which is why, many times, they will vote with Republicans. But there are no liberals in the Republican Party. Oh wait, Ahhnold is a "liberal". Or is he? He says he isn't. His fiscal policies failed, just like all Conservative fiscal policies. They always fail.
You want liberal Republicans? How about Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe, or Susan Collins? How is that Democratic Senator from Connecticut that is up for re election in 2012? that's right, you don't have one because he was to conservative for you guys, and you forced him out. There is serious talk that he will be running as a Republican next time around.
The Republican Party is an odious party. They don't hold their leadership accountable for anything. As long as they believe it will "get rid of the black guy in the WHITE House". But it started before Obama. Look at Bush. How many Americans dead? How much treasure lost over Iraq? How could Republicans STILL support this monster? This terrible disaster? I don't know. Even Republicans don't know. They just do.
Let me try this one more time, all political parties are odious. The two major parties here in the US are particularly odious because neither of them pay attention to anyone who does not have money, or power, preferably both. You demonstrate just how odious Democrats are with your constant racism and complete lack of intelligence, and then we have people like Barbour doing the exact same thing on the other side. It is impossible to tell the difference between them.