Why the Republican Party needs to get its act together

[Ardent15]

If the Republican Party continues on the course it is on, it will be marginalized.

At that point, the Democratic Party will be the sole party in power in America.

A single-party system would be even worse than a two-party system. We've seen what happens across America, in cities and states, when one party gains complete control. We saw what happened when the Republicans were in charge of all 3 branches of the federal government. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

That is why an opposing force needs to be in American politics, to balance the system.

[varelse]

1. What if the "opposing force" comes from further left?

say, from the Green party?

[glowing]

2. I agree.. now is the time to get rid of them.. they will be sliding into the Dems tent like snakes

and we will need a progressive, science, care about the people type of party, rather than a friendlier Dem party.

[Fovea]

3. i think the republican party is over

except as a regional party.

i think the big discussion will be within the democratic party, and maybe finding a way to prevent the left from going green.

[AlinPA]

12. We need 6 more senate seats for me to feel comfortable.

[Joe the Liberal]

4. I hope they don't get their act together...........

I hope they become marginalized to the point where they are completely irrelevant. I agree that a single party system would be worse than the two party system but it should be the Democrats and something other than the republicans.

[Ardent15]

5. Who? Libertarians? Socialists?

[FLAprogressive]

6. I think what we'll see happen is a Progressive Party, DLC Party, and Faith & Values Party......

[Ardent15]

7. We need to reform the Electoral College and the winner take all system..

...if we want viable third-party presidential candidates.

[AlinPA]

8. We can do without racists, ignorance, intolerance and stupidity which are the

core of the republican party. The ugliness we saw during the election will not help this country.

[Ardent15]

14. Agreed, that ugliness will and should be marginalized

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. No. Let it die. We need a second party that offers actual ideas

Not ridiculous buffoonery. They already might as well be extinct for all the useful help they offer.

Should it go, the Democratic Party would just split into two parties.

[Ardent15]

13. What I'm saying is that the Republican Party shoulld reinvent itself without the bufoons

But I'd be happy with a split form the Democratic Party.

[LiberalPersona]

10. If the republican party becomes irrelevent

It's likely that the democratic party will break off into two seperate parties, maintaining the two party system.

[AlinPA]

11. Republicans are still strong in the senate.

[katanalori]

15. You have not heard?

They ARE getting their act together! Mike Steele is the leader of the week, nosing ahead of Rush Limbaugh from last week and Sarah brain-dead Palin from the week before. Steele has a PLAN! They will appeal to the rappers and the one-armed midgets! How can this possible fail?

[CJPR]

16. The Fairness Doctrine

During World War II, for some reason, the broadcasts of Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose were not heard in the United States. Yet, today, Talk Radio nationwide carries the daily broadcasts of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Monica Crowley, Michael Savage and other Far Right ranting kooks whose main goal is to destroy the current American government. This is the equivalent of filling our airwaves every day with the anti-American propaganda of Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally. The Fairness Doctrine aims to get some other voices on the radio to balance this insidious daIly barrage of anti-American diatribes. Naturally, the Far Right is violently opposed to the Fairness Doctrine. In effect, Right Wing Kooks are saying that we must keep all of our Axis Sallys and Tokyo Roses on the air and not allow any pro-American broadcasters on the radio to counter-balance them. Did I neglect to mention Lord Haw Haw? The Right-Wing has quite a few of its own Lord Haw Haws currently broadcasting for our daily listening pleasure.

Please visit my Blog: "Conservatives Are America's Real Terrorists"
http://conservativesarecommunistss.blogspot.com/

[KharmaTrain]

17. Fairness Isn't The Problem, Access Is

"Fairness" is a vague term...what you consider fair isn't the same as I do. What the right wing has is control and access of the public airwaves. Through "deregulation" and Telcom '96, companies like Cheap Channel were able to devour the most profitable and powerful stations and determine what people were to hear. Return radio to its local roots and it will create more voices and diversity...marginalizing the hate mongers like it had in the past.