Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
The idea that somehow only the republicans have shifted to more extreme positions is beyond laughable.
Obama himself has made dramatic shifts to the extreme left since his election. He was against gay marriage, then he was for it. He repealed don't ask, don't tell, a policy implemented by bill clinton.
He decided that a duly enacted law, the Defense of Marriage Act, would no longer be observed or respected by the government, in effect giving himself power to annul acts of congress.
He issued a radical directive forcing religious institutions to violate their religious doctrine by providing free abortifants and contraceptives.
He issued another order in effect granting amnesty to illegal immigrants, despite having no legal authority to do so.
He pushed through an auto bailout program that violated the rights of bondholders and was nothign but a payaoff to the UAW.
I could go on for pages and that is just the President. The head of the DNC is a hyper-partisan shrill harpie who regularly lashes out with vicious personal attacks on conservatives and republicans.
Republicans have moved to the right, just not as far right as democrats have moved left. And you know what/ I don;t care. They are doing what politicla parties should do, which is reflect the views of their members. It is not an accident that elderly RINOs like Dick lugar are being defeated. Voters are sick of their brand of "go along to get along" log rolling. It put us in the mess we're in now. Is it so terrible to have leaders who stand for something and are prepared to defend it?