Why do republicans listen to their base, follow there base, die by there base...

[samrock]

But democrats ignore their base and even ridicule it???

[LeftinOH]

1. Where base?

[elocs]

12. There. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

13. There base!

(I thought you wanted to talk that way)

[JVS]

2. Because their leaders are not stupid, they just act the part of idiots.

[izzybeans]

3. Their base doesn't threaten to empower the poor and working class.

They are screechers sucking down soma. Of course they want to feed them more of it.

Neither party appears to be aligned with their base. Republicans use them as pawns and Democrats ignore us and then complain when we don't acquiesce. The pawn never complains when the pawn is well-fed.

[Orrex]

6. Great answer.

Most legislative decisions of the past 30 years can be summarized as "how can we most effectively fuck over the poor?"

[phantom power]

7. +1

[DJ13]

4. The GOP base supports big business

The Dem base is smart enough to understand that big business is the underlying cause of our country's problems, so we have to be ignored so the Dem politicians can compete for corporate goodies with the Republicans.

[Wapsie B]

9. +100

[OhioChick]

5. All your base are belong to us. n/t

[Marr]

8. Their base costs next to nothing to support.

They don't mind pro-wealthy economic policy so long as they get a few symbolic bones tossed their way on things like abortion. They're idiots.

Liberals want more for the poor and middle class, and neither party likes that.

[Rapanui1]

10. Because they donot have Harry, Pelosi or Dodd inept/corrupt as their leader

[CJCRANE]

11. Their base? You mean the haves and the have-mores.

The rest of them (the teabaggers etc) are just useful idiots.