All this hype over the past week, led me to ponder upon this suggest of a new Republican Party. There are four problems:
1. The more you talk (from this unnamed party)....the more you sound like Mitt Romney, George Bush and John McCain. Sorry, but that type of chatter won't work.
2. Basically, you'd have to advocate 90-percent of the Trump positions, or you'd seem to be a left-leaning group.
3. Your position on migration or open-borders? Not only does it not sell to 90-percent of Republicans, but it probably doesn't sell to one-quarter of Democratic voters either.
4. Finally, if you review the 1912 Roosevelt-Taft-Wilson election....it would seem your tactic is basically the same as it, and your party would dissipate (disappear) in four years. The 'Bull-Moose' Party? Remember it?
So, my suggestion? If you are that moderate in nature....why not just become a Democrat?
If you are that moderate in nature....why not just become a Democrat?
ReplyDeleteSince when have the Democrats become moderate? Really? I am surprised you would make that statement, maybe I'm missing the sarcasm.
On the scale of politics....if a Republican chats about moderate positions, they are strictly moving on the scale to the left. It's like taking up a position of 'gifting' the college debt crowd $10,000 each. You may talk a lot about being Republican in nature, but on this issue...claiming your moderate nature, you fit more into the Democratic Party.
ReplyDeleteBy chatting up the third-party idea...this group will pretend that there will be a third position on this imaginary scale, and you can still be somewhat Republican by taking moderate points. All of this leads back to the 'Bull-Moose' scenario and the gimmick to ensure the 2024 election goes to the Democrats.
I might offer this as well...a lot of California residents were (up until the 1980s) Republicans. Then through moderate-thinking, they eventually started agreeing to Democratic positions. The state legal system, crime, housing crisis, homelessness...all lead back to poor leadership and inability to make key decisions under pressure.