[–] cli-che-guevara ago
Fox News, the single greatest reason the established GOP has become a tiny little echo room of lies, is reporting this? Holy shit it must be bad.
[–] newoldwave [S] ago
It's well know the SJW's hate Fox because they just hate reading news and opinions that differ from the SJW narrative. stick to the Huff PO
I think this applies to both parties. Even a lot of democrats are seeing the corruption in their party and are looking at other options. And It's a good thing overall. People are waking up to the bullshit we've been being fed for decades. Now whether the candidates people are flocking to are good for the nation? That remains to be seen. I don't think either side has it completely right.
[–] RedditDead2005-2015 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Bush was the beginning of the end for the GOP. Everything Bush touched in his life (Texas Rangers, an S&L bank) turned to shit including Christianity and Christians who were dumb enough to embrace him.
It wouldn't shock me if the African Americans (who tend to be quite religious and surprisingly socially conservative in many ways) joined with the evangelical/culture warrior vote (all three about 13% of voters) to form a populist, socially conservative party. Replacing most of the Republican vote, but also a healthy portion (20-25%) of the Democratic vote. If they pull Latinos, Catholics that's right in the same neighborhood as either major party, and the three big groups are pretty upset at the major parties at the moment.
[–] TimberWolfAlpha 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
And nothing of value was left within it to be lost.
[–] BoiseNTheHood 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
Can we please just get rid of the antiquated concept of political parties altogether? If you can't stand on your own merits and need an organization to tell you what your opinion is on the issues, you have no business being an elected official.
[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
The moment you get rid of political parties, all these independent-minded new folks we have elected will start forming alliances. Because how else are you going to pass anything through a house that requires a majority vote? Pretty soon they'll be swapping support on one issue for support on another. You'll have political parties back again by the end of the week.
[–] MrMongoose 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Correct. Political parties are the natural resting point in which our system will always come to rest. The system didn't get this way by random chance. Politicians evolved by setting what does and doesn't work within the confines of the system and this is what we ended up with. The only solution would be to change the rules - which would be difficult at best.
MAYBE there could be more than two parties. That's the best case scenario, IMO.
[–] Fougare ago
well... accounting for the speed of government, more likely by the end of the quarter.