I think it's pretty easy to see what is happening right in front of our eyes. The GOP seems to be falling apart at the seems.

Recent battles over the payroll tax cut extension have highlighted the rift that splits the party into a divided, unorganized mess. Of course this division has been apparent since the Tea Party came onto the scene, forcing the GOP base to sway towards an extreme form of "conservatism" in order to keep the GOP together, but now we are beginning to see the ranks divide. While some Republicans are willing to compromise over the issues, the extreme right is hijacking the process.....taking a "my way or the highway" approach to congressional politics.

Add to the formula a GOP race for the nomination in which the candidates are having a hard time grabbing a firm hold onto support from voters because of xenophobic foreign policy views, a lack of economic understanding (or they do understand and only serve to aid the corporations) and past records that make one question their "conservatism", it is no wonder that any candidate (except Santorum) has had their shot as front-runner.

Of course, this excludes Ron Paul. Whether or not you agree with his stance on the issues, he is the only candidate that has remained firmly in place while the rest of the GOP flounders to find their sweet-spot, with no regard to previous positions they may have held. But RP is tossed to the side by both the left and the right as a fringe lunatic that will never have a chance. Yet, he climbs the polls to #1 or #2 in Iowa, and the GOP machine has been on it full force today. Almost all of the GOP talking heads have been making the same statement all day: "If RP wins Iowa, it will be irrelevant and means that Iowa has no place being first in the nation". What this really means is that if RP wins, they will not allow him to be the nominee.

Will all this in-fighting going on within the GOP taking place, their approval ratings are sliding further down while Obama is enjoying a slight increase in favorability. Is this the product of a divided GOP, or Obama growing some juevos and telling them to get off their laurels and do something? That can be debated but the fact remains that while most of us would love to see Obama out of office in this next election, we are witnessing the alienation of one GOP presidential candidate regardless of his popularity, an "extrminization" of the Republican party, and possibly the re-election of Obama.

So my fellow conservatives, we need to get our act together pretty quick. We are allowing our voting process to be hijacked by the party itself and it has become quite apparent that our "values" are not based on morality and such, but instead on the electability of one particular candidate or another.

I wonder what the numbers would have to be where the GOP could not manipulate the numbers. I can fully see where the GOP could manipulate the numbers to put the candidate of their choosing on the podium if there were only a few votes difference. How overwhelming would it have to be where even in the genius minds of the GOP could not realistically swap the numbers around to suit them and get away with it without totally enraging the populace, or is this even a consideration to them.

The "falling apart" of the GOP comes as no surprise to me. Honestly, I don't believe the GOP wants the presidency.The way I figure it is that they fear the office, as that would immediately place responsibility (and blame) for the nations economy squarely on them. The way I see it, the GOP has no legitimate plan to fix the economy; thus, they would rather lose the presidency and continue pointing fingers at the Democratic president than take the office and continue the economic failure. Such a failure on the GOPs behalf (after pointing fingers for 3-years) would effectively drive the final nail in their political coffin.

I still laugh out loud, that people still think that the GOP and the DEMS are any different from one another.

Endless Wars,
Endless Taxation,
Endless Illegal Immigration,
Endless infringement of our rights.
Endless bailouts for corrupt bankers
Endless Subsidies.

WHERE IS THE EFFING DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Hendrix92TheUniverse
I still laugh out loud, that people still think that the GOP and the DEMS are any different from one another.

Endless Wars,
Endless Taxation,
Endless Illegal Immigration,
Endless infringement of our rights.
Endless bailouts for corrupt bankers
Endless Subsidies.

WHERE IS THE EFFING DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's a different guy getting rich in between the same guys that always get rich.