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posted by Justin Oldham
I do think the GOP as we have known it will die on January 20 of 2009. the end of small government advocacy will mean that the Republicans will need to find a new credo. When they return to national prominence, they may well be the party of fiscal responsibility, but they won't advocate for the smaller-is-better theory any more. Other platform tenants will also be up for grabs.
As for moderate Democrats...I'll believe that when I see it. My read on Hillary y is that she will not have the luxury of being mild about anything. Not in her first term, to be sure. I fully expect her to wreck the Republicans as a matter of party domination. She's got old scores to settle with certain members of Congress who won't be smart enough to retire in 2008 of 20010. In general, I expect the Dem's national committee to formulate a strategy to ensure party dominance once and for all. They're just too close to achieving total power. If the GOP had not dropped the ball...and then lost it in the shuffle...I would expect them to do the same thing if they were so close to achieving the kind of total dominion that the Dems now seem poised to enjoy.
posted by Justin Oldham
We know from the performance of the private sector that it is possible for the people doing the work to find the best efficiencies for their field. When government becomes the largest single employer in our country, we need to take a close look at the disposition of that manpower and its budgets. In its current configuration ,we are not being well served. I'm not kidding anyone. The transition away from the classical bureaucratic waste-prone mentality will take the better part of a century.
posted by Justin Oldham
It's just my opinion but I think the U.S. Federal work force should be one of the most elite professional groups on the planet. It's true that there are some Federal programs that are very manpower intensive, but many are not. When the U.S. government can't fulfill its mandate because its too busy hiring the people that the private sector wouldn't pick up, you've really got to wonder.
Originally posted by dbrandt
Originally posted by donwhite
Versus a Giuliani and Romney ticket for the GOP. The GOP religious base stays home.
I am part of the GOP religious base and this Republican ticket is of absolutely no interest to me.
posted by Justin Oldham
I will not be surprised to see a lot of people like bugman82 staying home on election day. Honestly, I don't know who the campaign managers are for the GOP, but hey need to be fired. There's such a thing as bad advice, and then there is...this. Honestly, I think they've already given up.
posted by opsecretombomb
Reasons why I wouldn’t let anybody in my family vote for Rodham Clinton..
1. She swears her allegiance to Iran
2. President Clinton and wife Hillary ordered the deaths of the Branch Davidians
3. Hillary Clinton and Barbara Bush are both Grande Damme's of the Mothers of Darkness group, but they don't have the power to rule over the entire occult world What more excuses do I need?