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driveway · 11-05-2015, 11:46 PM

I really don't know what to make of the Republican Party in America. On the one hand, they've never been stronger.

They hold 31 Governorships in the States. Of those, 20 have been Republican since at least 2011. they've had a majority in the House since 2010, took majority control of the Senate in the last Election.

There are 13 states which are pure-red, that is they went Republican in the last Presidential election, they have a Republican Governor, Republican control of both State House and Senate, both their US Senators are Republicans and a majority of their Representatives are Republicans.

There are 6 pure-blue states, in comparison.

Digging deeper, there are 8 States with a Democratic Governor, but Republican control of either the Senate or the House, of those, in 6 States the Republicans control both. This is actually equally split with the Democrats, there are 8 states with a Republican Governor but Democrat control of at least one of House or Senate, but only in 4 of these to the Democrats have both Senate and House.

Overall, Republicans have control of 36 State Senates and 33 State Houses to 14 and 16 for the Democrats.

Out of all of these elected officials, you'd think there would be some strong, capable, experienced leaders who'd step forwards to lead the party.

However, out of the 8 people who will be onstage for the GOP "Main Event" Debate we're going to see a total of 12 years of Gubernatorial experience, 11 years in the Senate, 18 in the House, and 11 in State Legislatures. Take just John Kasich, who's polling at 2.8% off-stage and you're down to 2 terms of Governor Jeb (polling at 5.5%), 11 years in the Senate, no experience in the House at all, and Rubio's 9 years of experience in the Florida House, the same state Bush's Governorship was.

Hillary Clinton alone has 12 years as First Lady of Arkansas, 8 years as First Lady of the United States, 8 years in the US Senate, and 4 years as Secretary of State. That's 24 years of Executive and 8 years of Legislative experience in one person.

Sanders has 8 years as Mayor of Burlington, 16 years in the House of Representatives, and 9 years in the Senate.

Had Biden run that would have added 36 years of Senate experience and another 8 years of Vice President to the Democratic side of the equation.

What is going on in the Republican party where the most experienced, best-suited leaders are choosing not to seek the highest office?

11-05-2015, 11:46 PM	#1805
driveway A Fiddler Crab Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Exp:	I really don't know what to make of the Republican Party in America. On the one hand, they've never been stronger. They hold 31 Governorships in the States. Of those, 20 have been Republican since at least 2011. they've had a majority in the House since 2010, took majority control of the Senate in the last Election. There are 13 states which are pure-red, that is they went Republican in the last Presidential election, they have a Republican Governor, Republican control of both State House and Senate, both their US Senators are Republicans and a majority of their Representatives are Republicans. There are 6 pure-blue states, in comparison. Digging deeper, there are 8 States with a Democratic Governor, but Republican control of either the Senate or the House, of those, in 6 States the Republicans control both. This is actually equally split with the Democrats, there are 8 states with a Republican Governor but Democrat control of at least one of House or Senate, but only in 4 of these to the Democrats have both Senate and House. Overall, Republicans have control of 36 State Senates and 33 State Houses to 14 and 16 for the Democrats. Out of all of these elected officials, you'd think there would be some strong, capable, experienced leaders who'd step forwards to lead the party. However, out of the 8 people who will be onstage for the GOP "Main Event" Debate we're going to see a total of 12 years of Gubernatorial experience, 11 years in the Senate, 18 in the House, and 11 in State Legislatures. Take just John Kasich, who's polling at 2.8% off-stage and you're down to 2 terms of Governor Jeb (polling at 5.5%), 11 years in the Senate, no experience in the House at all, and Rubio's 9 years of experience in the Florida House, the same state Bush's Governorship was. Hillary Clinton alone has 12 years as First Lady of Arkansas, 8 years as First Lady of the United States, 8 years in the US Senate, and 4 years as Secretary of State. That's 24 years of Executive and 8 years of Legislative experience in one person. Sanders has 8 years as Mayor of Burlington, 16 years in the House of Representatives, and 9 years in the Senate. Had Biden run that would have added 36 years of Senate experience and another 8 years of Vice President to the Democratic side of the equation. What is going on in the Republican party where the most experienced, best-suited leaders are choosing not to seek the highest office?