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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Any chance of the Republicans getting replaced as the 2nd party in a two party system? That's happened before, most recently in the lead up to the civil war when the Republican Party formed, replacing the Whigs as the main opposition to the Democratic Party.
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Yes, that split is happening.
The divide you are mentioning is when the American Party, mostly fueled by race hate, took over leadership positions within the whig party, fractured it beyond redemption and then hadnt been heard of unil the most recent tea party movement.
There are major obstacles for moderate republicans to speak. It is political suicide from within their own party that is the most silencing, but also timing is an issue. It is too early to start trying to make waves before campaign season starts. Ted cruz seems to be the emerging 'all in' candidate so far for the republicans, but a smart strategist would be sitting in the background letting cruz spend his celebrity and burn his political and media capital. Unfortunately for republican candidates, having a political record to stand on decreases their chances at a legitimate run because of all this fear-motivated colaboration. Sort of like Obama not having a voting record on iraq and hillary clinton having a record of voting for it. It is staining to be associated with some of the votes that break along party lines, and the more disingenously conservatives these ideas get, the more staining these votes are for future higher office aspirations.