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Originally Posted by Danzig
not sure he'll try again-he'd be vying with henry clay for number of failed runs for prez if he did.
as for #4-the republican party must have the ability to look at itself in a clear, concise way, and concede that all the issues they've encountered are self-inflicted. the party has been taken over by an ever more extreme group. they seem to take every loss as a reason to move that much further right. and they wonder why they continue to shrink?
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If you have time, I really recommend reading the very engrossing
Nixonland by Richard Perlstein. A very comprehensive look at the roots of the rise of red-blue America. The state of the GOP today is a result of choices made by party leaders back in the 1960s. It worked out very well for the party for awhile, but I think you're right that the GOP must take a look at where it is now and decide whether it wants to shift back toward the center or fade away.
I'm glad Obama won, as I think he was the better of the two candidates, but, as a liberal who really follows policy closely, rather than listening to mass media's breathless headlines, I agree with this Slate article:
Obama: the Moderate Republican
In particular, the conclusion:
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Obama’s no right-winger. You might have serious issues with his Supreme Court justices or his moves on immigration or the Bush tax cuts. But you probably would have had similar issues with Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, or Gerald Ford. Obama’s in the same mold as those guys. So don’t despair. Your country didn’t vote for a socialist tonight. It voted for the candidate of traditional Republican moderation. What should gall you, haunt you, and goad you to think about the future of your party is that that candidate wasn’t yours.
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