And when the Hillary and Democrats win, who truly ARE "anything goes, cross-dressing, baby killing, gay bar cruising, unarmed atheist winners of elections " how does THAT help conservatism? What say will conservatives will have in anything then? The GOP is already shrinking, while the Dems are gaining.
Fewer pledge allegiance to the GOP A poll says 35% of those surveyed identify with Republicans. Public attitudes seem to be drifting toward Democrats' values.
The survey, by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, found a "dramatic shift" in political party identification since 2002, when Republicans and Democrats were at rough parity. Now, 50% of those surveyed identified with or leaned toward Democrats, whereas 35% aligned with Republicans.
What's more, the survey found, public attitudes are drifting toward Democrats' values: Support for government aid to the disadvantaged has grown since the mid-1990s, skepticism about the use of military force has increased and support for traditional family values has decreased.
the Republican “brand name” is fading fast - send up your run of the mill punch card issue Republican candidate in 2008, Hillary wins.
Even Rush now is saying it, he can’t be too vocal about it because Rush doesn’t like Rudy, and he doesn’t want to lose 25% of his audience overnight. But he also can’t ignore what I am sure the RNC insiders are telling him about Republican chances in 2008.
And when the Hillary and Democrats win, who truly ARE "anything goes, cross-dressing, baby killing, gay bar cruising, unarmed atheist winners of elections " how does THAT help conservatism? What say will conservatives will have in anything then? The GOP is already shrinking, while the Dems are gaining. And all FReepers hear coming from you, as usual, is "blah blah blah...more liberalism, less conservatism...blah blah blah." If you want to argue that the Republican Party should become LESS conservative, you shouldn't do it around here. We don't want nor welcome your promotion of liberalism and we resent how it interferes with the conservative mission of the website that you continue to abuse.