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[ksmith]

Given the conclusions of this blog post and others like it:

So what’s next for the GOP? I don’t think that Obama hate will win the party any more traction than it gave McCain. They need a positive agenda, unfortunately their platform was already on the wrong side of history when Gingrich etched it in granite in 1994. The recent add-ons – torture, belligerent wars, islamophobic fear – already had a skin of mold when Dick Cheney rolled them out in 2001. If John McCain, who honestly isn’t as stupid as his campaign has made him look, had any winning issues he would run on them. It’s not like he has not tried. They are stuck with random, flaining personal attacks because the surge in Iraq, offshore drilling, the capital gains tax, an unlicensed plumber with a tax lien, have all the traction of a Yugo in Alaska.


What's next? A retooling of the GOP, or the formation of a third party which would contain moderate/left Republicans (I know they're out there--I know some) and Blue Dog-variety Dems? I can see that as being an attractive alternative for many people.

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[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Obama being from Illinois, I'm sure he's had exactly the same thoughts. He'll do what he can. It's all we can expect, considering that the overall state of the country borders on FUBAR.

I would like to see a moderate party on the right. And a moderate party on the left, too. Many Dems are actually center-right. "Left" is a whole lot more like center these days.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Center-right has been pushed further left thanks to the Christianist/neocon far rights. Anything to the left of them is pinko-commie-bedwetter, with no allowances for degree. And that all or nothing approach has made for some strange bedfellows on the "left" side of the Force.

Add the pressure that will come from the MSM, who will likely give him Clintonesque treatment...I think anything better than a one-term disaster could be considered a win.