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3/19/2014 3:01:02 PM
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Can Republicans recover from the Tea Party?
For the entirety of my adult life, the GOP has been re-defined from the inside out. To outsiders like myself, the Republican party appears to be the party against science, education, women, immigrants, lgbts, anything not Christian, poor, and a myriad of other things, all the while preaching "smaller government" and "personal freedom."
Granted, there are plenty of Republicans, both elected and registered, that don't support those things. They are Republicans who support fiscal responsibility, [i]actual [/i]smaller government, and [i]real [/i]personal freedom. The problem with being associated with the fundamental religious right that also fall under the same umbrella is they are tacitly approving of the positions held by those they share the name with.
[b]What can the traditional Republicans do to take back their name?[/b]
Do the Tea Party need to form their own third party and separate from the GOP? I know they wont do that because that means they'll never get elected again. Third parties [almost] never get elected; I can count the number of non-democrats or non-republicans in Congress on one hand.
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7 RepliesPersonally, since the two party system is so established that it requires any attempt at a 3rd party to immediately align and integrate itself with one of the two in order to have a voice or be somewhat relevant, I am hoping to see a non-party movement. Simply put, I would be thrilled to see a non-party related "anti-incumbent" movement. Regardless of party, if the person up for re-election has not delivered, then vote for their opponent. As an electorate, we're too inclined to keep incompetents, insiders and professional politicians in office simply due to recognizing their name or going with the idea that "a known evil is better than an unknown one". Term in office should be a test of the individual and if they don't deliver when they had the chance? Fire their ass and get someone else in who would then understand that if they don't do anything, they too will be out on their ass come the next election. The fear of "the party other than my own" is what puts people into office for decades and leads to corruption, inaction and more attention being focused on getting re-elected than actually doing the work you were hired to do in the first place. Of course, this would require people to ignore party when voting, and with folks so polarized and blinded by what they believe are binary and polar opposites, we get entrenched and do-nothing representation.
