Just under 12% of the American public believe that Barry O is not or may not be an American citizen and this group is split almost evenly on the is not/may not be question. Most people who believe this way are self identified Republicans, with a whopping 58% total of them in the is not/may not be, combined camps. Most of these Republicans are White Southerners, who no longer fit into the young adult demographic. Check out all the numbers for yourself, at Politico.
This shows how deeply the Republicans are scrapping the bottom of the barrel of eligible voters and how narrow their band of support really is, Nationally.
I'm a big proponent of the two party system. I was kind of thinking that the Republicans would reform their Party, seeking a broader base with appeal to a larger spectrum of the native intelligence and educational level bell curves. I guess I was wrong.
There are some real problems with leaving the Democrats to be the controlling force in American politics. Some checks and balances are seriously needed. We need serious, intelligent, rational voices on both sides of the political spectrum. That's the way our system works best. I hope things work out to be better than they look.
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I remember the 64 republican convention when Goldwater won the republican nomination over Rockefeller. Goldwater was seen as the radical right wing ultra conservative guy while Rockefeller took on the centrist pragmatic mantle of Eisenhower. Neither of these men would recognize the republican party today and would be appalled by the wingnuts who make up a large portion of that party.
You are right. I look back on Barry Goldwater and many of his most inflammatory and conservative statements seem reasonable and sometimes even liberal.
He had no problem with contraception or abortion. He undoubtedly would have been in favor of full gay rights. He was a secularist who had little toleration for those who argue that Church and State separation should be relaxed.
Here we are today and John McCain, a much more socially conservative politician and Goldwater's successor is considered by most Republicans to be a RINO.
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