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William Galston, writing in the Wall Street Journal warns that the institutional Republican Party — the political equivalent of the Washington Generals — may have lost its audience after the longest losing streak in history. A large part of the GOP base is walking out — led by an “aroused, angry and above all fearful [Jacksonian America] in full revolt against a new elite”. They’re no longer entertained, no longer spellbound by suspense after finally being convinced that the Washington General’s secret job is to lose every exhibition match against the Democratic Party Hokum Globetrotters.

Galston has impeccable liberal credentials. “A former policy advisor to President Clinton … his current research focuses on … the implications of political polarization”, he should be celebrating the crackup of the Republican Party. But instead he is worried because the Mighty Wurlitzer is broken. Galston writes, “it’s hard to see how the U.S. can govern itself unless corporate America pushes the Republican establishment to fight back against the tea party—or switches sides.”

Translation: who’s going to keep the gravy train running if people stop making gravy? His immediate concern is that “defeating” John Boehner in the showdown over Obamacare may have put consensus out of reach. ‘Persuading’ the GOP establishment to turn on its base destroyed the mechanism the establishment used to bring skeptical parts of the electorate into the fold. Those skeptics are now out the door, having finally figured out the game is fixed.

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I want a Constitution based, Conservative Party. And it WILL NEVER be the GOP as it stands. So I'm for a 3rd Party. Not to join the D.C Circle jerk singing 'Kumbayah', but to oppose the Dims and the GOP, destroy them, and re-establish the Republic the Founder created.

Allow the Dims to rule? Why not? They're doing it now with the Shadow party doing zilch to stop them.This will just make it faster. And then? Collapse, redemption or civil war. And I don't much care which.

Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #3

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[quote]For the tea party, ObamaCare is much more than a policy dispute; it is an existential struggle.

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