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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Such a winnable election for the Republicans and they're probably still going to blow it. Unbelievable. Hopefully this is the kick in the pants they need to change some of their whack positions on social issues.
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As wacky as they are, their only tangible support is from a significant portion of hardcore Christian Americans that eat that stuff up.
You have to wonder if there comes a point where the GOP starts looking at elections as a cost benefit analysis and goes "you know what? We've got an opportunity here...
- Democrats are horrible lately, to the point where most democrats despise their options
- Democrats looking like a shady, untrustworthy party, as more and more scandals/leaks come to light, no doubt brought on by having one of the slimiest political families ever in the Clintons in the spotlight
- America's ready to burst at the seems and are demanding change to the point of supporting a sociopathic, nitghmare of candidate
Maybe they look at all that and say "Maybe we just move in a more moderate direction, losing a lot of hardcore Christians while gaining a whole bunch of Democrats/non voters that all of a sudden see a slightly socially progressive option that isn't the Democrats.
I know it will never happen, but you have to think that the huge opportunity here for the Republicans is that the hardcore right isn't exactly a swing group, so it's not likely they'll lose their votes to the Democrates, those people will either just suck it up and be pissed off while still voting Republican or won't vote.
It would be so great for democracy in America (hahaha, I almost typed that without laughing) if something like this actually happened. If both parties just left the backwards idiots on their own maybe the could start moving forward.
I would imagine at most a third party candidate representing the hardcore right would get like 10-15% percent of the votes, and then Repulicans and Democrats would fight it out over "normal" Americans.
Although, perhaps I'm underestimating how many Amricans are normal.
