Quote from mrbill:
Thanks, and I agree about the bigger tent idea. I simply hate the division, and having both sides blame each other, well, there's enough blame to go around IMO. Thank goodness the Tea Party is becoming even more a detriment to the GOP, there's hope.
"Tea Party Now a Huge GOP Liability
The resignation of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint from the Senate followed close on the heels of the desertion from the Tea Party of Freedom Works head Dick Armey took some by surprise. DeMint and Armey were the two biggest and most identifiable fish in the Tea Party affiliated pond. DeMint could be relied on to broker his name ID and prodigious fund raising prowess to every Tea Party backed Senatorial candidate--and loser ..."
I was worried that Obama might lose, never cut my bets back, but acknowledged here and on other sites my concerns. Rather than any victory dance, or sore winner crap, I hope the Country can return to 2 real parties, two groups who will work For the American people, not against some portion or the other.
They will. But I think it will take an LBJ type event to get the conservatives unwound from the GOP.
The GOP has a message it can sell, but they have to get on the same sheet of music on the state and national levels, and stop writing bills to defund Planned Parenthood and things like that.
