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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Snark aside, what is the basis for a national right or center/right party in the US today? Where is there a political platform that will have demographic appeal outside of the increasingly smaller group of deep red states?
There is a lot in the Republican platform that annoys me, but more interesting is what there is in it that annoys key constituencies. The two big things seem to me how the Republicans relate to their traditional business communities and how they relate to their cultural warriors. These folks don't seem to get along any more.
With the abandonment of free trade in the platform and presidential candidate for the R's, we're left with neither party formally supporting one of our defining business and foreign policy positions worldwide, as an advocate of free-trade capitalism. This is a massive abandonment of the big business/chamber of commerce types in the Republican party.
There's a significant part of the party that is just not on board with the anti-gay stuff, but you aren't going to keep the CINO evangelical crowd on board without hating on gays. Same on choice issues.
Race is a whole separate issue, and a problem that's not new for the R's. They just keep digging that hole that Nixon started to win over the Wallace/Thurmond types.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/ar...ty-realignment
I thought this piece from Bloomberg did a decent job of breaking down the shift in the Republican party. It was always a loose coalition based on an agreement with respect to smaller government and lower taxes, but that has been a commitment of words only for a while now. I no longer know what it is to be a Republican, but I am pretty sure it's not a fit for me any more.
Tonight's theme, Make America Safe Again, sounds like a great slogan for a police state, and the filling of convention speaking spots with Trump family has a bit too much of a North Korea vibe for my tastes. I may continue to vote in the R primary, as in many cases here in TX, it is effectively the election for statewide races, but Mr. Chick and I are being pretty careful with our campaign donation dollars in down ballot races. He wanted to give to the CO Senate candidate, Darryl Glenn, but he agreed not to after he learned Glenn is on the Trump train. It's become a bit of a litmus test.
I almost feel bad for Pence. It seems he was asked today if he agreed with Trump on liking soldiers who weren't captured and stuttered until Trump told him how to respond. Look forward to the next 4 months of that buddy.
I miss the TP logo, because it made me want to put my shirt over my head and do a Cornholio impersonation.
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