Now who’s going to beat Brat? I’m glad Cantor is gone; he did a lot of damage. But Brat is an Ayn Rand “economist” whose ideas are truly deranged. He actually wants the US to default on its borrowing. Does he really have no clue what that would do to us? It’s trivial to break and destroy stuff. We need a congress that’s willing to actually BUILD things.
The demographics are all trending toward the Democrats. New voters register as Democrats twice as often as they do as Republicans ( though more than half register as independents). But, in general, they are relatively liberal.There have been previous situations where one party was the subject of “The Party’s Over” books. But they were able to come back by appealing to demographics that the other party didn’t have in their pocket. The only people that aren’t solidly in agreement with Democratic positions are far left wingers and far right wingers. There aren’t enough far right wingers to win a national election. The Republicans can’t make their tent big enough to include the far left wingers without the people already in the tent setting it on fire. It’s pretty hard to imagine a situation where any of the available Republicans can beat any of 5-8 possible Democratic candidate, and most incumbents are reelected. That means we are most likely going to have a Democratic president through 2024, by which time a huge number of those angry old white guys that are now the bulk of the Republican base are going to be dead.The upshot is that there is a darn good chance that we will never again have a Republican president.
braindead Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Oh, this time Clay Bennett made a false cartoon. Cantor is a weasel, not a feline. -I do notice the little smirk is gone, though.
pirate227 almost 10 years ago
HAR!
ARodney almost 10 years ago
Now who’s going to beat Brat? I’m glad Cantor is gone; he did a lot of damage. But Brat is an Ayn Rand “economist” whose ideas are truly deranged. He actually wants the US to default on its borrowing. Does he really have no clue what that would do to us? It’s trivial to break and destroy stuff. We need a congress that’s willing to actually BUILD things.
Wacky Jacky almost 10 years ago
Depicting them as rats is totally spot on.
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 10 years ago
The demographics are all trending toward the Democrats. New voters register as Democrats twice as often as they do as Republicans ( though more than half register as independents). But, in general, they are relatively liberal.There have been previous situations where one party was the subject of “The Party’s Over” books. But they were able to come back by appealing to demographics that the other party didn’t have in their pocket. The only people that aren’t solidly in agreement with Democratic positions are far left wingers and far right wingers. There aren’t enough far right wingers to win a national election. The Republicans can’t make their tent big enough to include the far left wingers without the people already in the tent setting it on fire. It’s pretty hard to imagine a situation where any of the available Republicans can beat any of 5-8 possible Democratic candidate, and most incumbents are reelected. That means we are most likely going to have a Democratic president through 2024, by which time a huge number of those angry old white guys that are now the bulk of the Republican base are going to be dead.The upshot is that there is a darn good chance that we will never again have a Republican president.