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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 19, 2021, 10:21:29 am ---Meanwhile, a new poll found 60% of Republicans favor a third party.
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Which could be stupid for Republicans, because if they split the Republican party, it can benefit the Democrats.
It's happened before. Ross Perot arguably contributed to Bill Clinton's victory and George H. W. Bush's loss in 1992. It also happened more than 100 years ago, in 1912, when Teddy Roosevelt split the Republican party; that contributed to Woodrow Wilson's victory. That year the Democrats also won control of both the House and the Senate. Let's hope Republicans have short memories and don't know their history. Let's hope they go right ahead and split their party.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 19, 2021, 10:53:47 am ---Which could be stupid for Republicans, because if they split the Republican party, it can benefit the Democrats. ... Let's hope Republicans have short memories and don't know their history.
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I don't think they're THAT dumb (well, maybe some are). Most people know the elections have been close, that the balances in Congress are close, etc., and that if they split one big party into two smaller ones, Democrats will win every election.
(BTW, I think Ralph Nader also helped George W. Bush win his two elections. Thanks, Nader supporters. I'm sure 100,000 dead Iraqi children are happy you voted with your conscience.)
But I can understand the Republican's dilemma. Some Republicans are hardcore Trump supporters, some are reluctant Trump supporters and some are "anyone but Trump" Republicans. The best they can hope for is that Trump sort of fades from the picture and they can go back to supporting "normal" Republicans or abnormal ones like Ted Cruz.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!
How is everyone doing?
It's the end of the month, so it's time for me to have to deal with the Monster Report that I have to deal with at the end of each month.
::)
I hate that report. I guess that's why they don't pay me the big bucks.
:laugh:
Spent some time cleaning the apartment today, and scrubbing the tub. My new towels and shower curtain arrived, I'm still waiting on a picture frame to arrive. Once it does, the room will be complete.
Other than that, it's been pretty quiet lately, and I'll grateful for that!
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 19, 2021, 10:21:29 am ---Meanwhile, a new poll found 60% of Republicans favor a third party. And then there's Trump's insane condemnation of Mitch McConnell. Not insane because Mitch McConnell is so great -- I mean Mitch McConnell has played a huge role of supporting Trump through thick and thin these past four years. In many cases, McConnell probably knew better but did it anyway so the party would get its way.
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 19, 2021, 10:53:47 am ---Which could be stupid for Republicans, because if they split the Republican party, it can benefit the Democrats.
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--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 19, 2021, 07:27:47 pm ---I don't think they're THAT dumb (well, maybe some are). Most people know the elections have been close, that the balances in Congress are close, etc., and that if they split one big party into two smaller ones, Democrats will win every election.
(BTW, I think Ralph Nader also helped George W. Bush win his two elections. Thanks, Nader supporters. I'm sure 100,000 dead Iraqi children are happy you voted with your conscience.)
But I can understand the Republican's dilemma. Some Republicans are hardcore Trump supporters, some are reluctant Trump supporters and some are "anyone but Trump" Republicans. The best they can hope for is that Trump sort of fades from the picture and they can go back to supporting "normal" Republicans or abnormal ones like Ted Cruz.
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I would be very happy to see the Republican party split in half, and give an advantage to the Democrats.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on February 23, 2021, 04:17:23 pm ---
I would be very happy to see the Republican party split in half, and give an advantage to the Democrats.
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Yes, which is why I doubt they'd do it.
The Republican party essentially did that deliberately to the Democrats, by luring former Dems to conservativism by exploiting their biases on cultural issues like abortion, same-sex marriage and racial equality.
But those were outsiders' strategies. I don't know if the Democrats have ever done that to themselves, on purpose. Of course, there were probably conservative Democrats who bailed over the New Deal, and clearly many eventually fled to the Republican party after the Civil Rights Act.
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