Opinion: A New Republican Era?

[CHIMO]

U.S. President George W. Bush will be inaugurated for a second and final term on Thursday. Despite having a "lame duck" leader -- the Republican party in the U.S. looks set to stay in power for the long haul.

After Thursday's inauguration, George W. Bush will turn into a "lame duck" president, one who can't run for another term under U.S. law. Experience shows that his political power will diminish over the course of the next four years, especially his power to influence Congress.

Despite this, the Republican party may well be on the verge of a new era of dominance as the "natural majority party" according to chief Bush strategist Karl Rove. On certain topics, the Republicans have long commanded an almost uncontested dominance. Now, the party's plan is to make this situation permanent.

Whether this can be done depends on many factors, including the future health of the Democratic party, power struggles among Republicans and the question of whether extremism within the government will grow to the point where moderates will be scared off in large numbers.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1463021,00.html

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. And the answer ....

the question of whether extremism within the government will grow to the point where moderates will be scared off in large numbers.


YES!!!!!!

[Kurovski]

2. Republican?

Try a new era in fascism.

(I feel like a doped-up hippy when I use the "F" word, but fascism is what it is by definition, as well as by a study of history.)

[yinkaafrica]

3. I like your definition better

[AndyTiedye]

4. They'll Take to Calling Themselves "The Party" As in the old Soviet Union

and other one-party governments.