Turning the Republican Ship Around
Mike Murphy, a Republican Strategist on MSNBC’s Hardball, explained that if the Republicans continue on their nostalgic revisiting of the Reagan years, they will be entering the ice age. He talks of modernizing the conservative religion and de-emphazing the social-family values that so invigorate the base. He points out that they appeal to an ever shrinking demographic of White Men.
Now my thought is that the devil is in the details. True, the present crop of Republicans are marginalizing themselves by aligning themselves with the radical right, but I have yet to hear any Republican present any rational approach to our problems utilizing conservative small government, low taxes, and minimal regulations that is believable. It would be interesting if any did because then we could have a real debate about our way forward. But to date even Republicans agree that they have not presented realistic alternatives for our future. I think that if they did they would sound like the conservative Democrats. Are we heading for one party? Or are we heading for three parties, the radical right, moderate Republicans including conservative Democrats, and Progressive Democrats?