Reply #14: No. There is some serious politics going on here that could end the GOP [View All]

[Zenmaster]

While the financial crisis is dangerous for all of us and nothing to fool around with, there is a perfect political storm brewing that could almost permenantly destroy the republican Party.

McSpain winning the nomination, whom the far right hate, was the first step. Then him picking Palin was the second step that has driven a wedge into the party. She is seen as the top of the ticket by the religuous right, but there are many fiscal conservatives that see her almost as scary as we do.

As bad loss in this election, alone, would have gone a long way towards fracturing the GOP into the 2 groups that have been having more of a shaky partnership over recent years.

You ad in this crisis and the bailout issue and the GOP is seriously screwed. Their ONLY HOPE is for the Democrats to force a bailout bill on themselves, and take all the blame. The Democrats are playing this perfectly, IMO, right down to Pelosi needling them before the vote. The Democrats shouldn't budge on this one. FORCE THE GOP TO SHARE THE BLAME FOR PASSING THIS BILL!

Their regime fucked this up, they can help with the bailout.

The GOP wants nothing more than for this bill to pass without them actually having to vote for it. They know that many of them are going to get voted out, giving the democrats even more control, if they vote for it too. But they still need it to pass.

This fall is the perfect storm that is going to ruin the GOP for a very long time. They will have to rebuild themselves into something else. The fiscal and religuous conservatives are no longer going to be on the same page.

If the Democrats force a "lefty-version" of this bill through, without GOP support, it will be throwing that party a life preserver.