[OldPossum]

I think the key is that the GOP does not fear us. It is entirely possible that they have no intentions of winning. The upper echelons of the party are very content with the nice salaries and the invitations to the Washington parties. They will get these bennies regardless of whether the GOP candidates win—barring, of course, an insurrection that could remove them from their positions but hell, they keep losing and they keep their jobs, so why should this concern them? It’s just not much of a threat to them.

[Psalm 144]

I agree with you that there is no real desire to win. There is no real -difference- in world view or culture, just in appointment lists and accounting methods.

I guess I will just continue electoral potshots at the polls as opportunity permits.

[COBOL2Java]

The upper echelons of the party are very content with the nice salaries and the invitations to the Washington parties. They will get these bennies regardless of whether the GOP candidates win—barring, of course, an insurrection that could remove them from their positions but hell, they keep losing and they keep their jobs, so why should this concern them? It’s just not much of a threat to them.

You throw them out of office and they get a nice golden parachute in some K Street lobbying firm. Bingo, bango, way to make a cool million...