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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:54 AM Apr 2015

Maybe this brouhaha will ensure a social conservative runs as a third party...






Maybe this brouhaha will ensure a social conservative runs as a third party and splits the center right vote...

Imagine how many books The Huckster could sell after such a run...
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Maybe this brouhaha will ensure a social conservative runs as a third party... (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 OP
No, the corporatists need food soldiers jeff47 Apr 2015 #1

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
1. No, the corporatists need food soldiers
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:59 AM
Apr 2015

their positions are not popular, so they need something to draw in people. So the Republicans are going to have to continue to cater to the religious right.

When that becomes unsustainable, they'll just shift to their investment in right-wing Democrats and let the Republican party wither away.

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