The Thread on Politics

[Why did Sarah Palin resign?]

Why did Sarah Palin resign?

Personal scandal

 5 (17.2%)

Probable indictment

 7 (24.1%)

Just plain craziness

 3 (10.3%)

Looooong lead up to 2012

 4 (13.8%)

Something else

 2 (6.9%)

Some combination of the above

 8 (27.6%)

Total Members Voted: 29

[A.]

Hopefully this is the end of the reign of the social cons and the beginning of the Republican Party's getting back to its fiscally conservative roots.

[Miss P]

Hopefully this is the end of the reign of the social cons and the beginning of the Republican Party's getting back to its fiscally conservative roots.

He's not exactly a social liberal, though.  I remember him comparing embryonic stem cell research to the Holocaust.  But we shall see.

[Burning Sands, Esq.]

Maybe they can go back to being the Whig party.

With the state of affairs as they currently are, it's very conceivable that the social conservatives could indeed break off from the fiscal conservatives and form their own party.  I mean, the social conservative faction is the engine that drives the republican party.  Can you see them quietly taking a back seat for the next 4 years?

[A.]

That would be interesting, but the social cons need the fiscal cons; otherwise, neither would be able to win a majority (although I'd bet the fiscal cons could come closer to doing so).

[Miss P]

The fiscal cons will have to become a heck of a lot smarter and more disciplined if they're going to come close to a majority.

[A.]

True, but if they do, I think they'd appeal to a great swath of America.  As it stands, though, their identity is too closely tied to the social cons.

[Miss P]

True, but if they do, I think they'd appeal to a great swath of America.  As it stands, though, their identity is too closely tied to the social cons.

And they are far too unprincipled.  Most of them are willing to spend exorbitant sums on the military and space exploration, for example, and they almost all approve of infrastructure spending in their home states.  It makes them easy targets.

[7S]

If Lincoln Chaffee were head of the Republican Party I'd drink the kool-aid.

[Julie Fern]

you always happy with talk of war.

[LadyKD]

Okay New Yorkers..what is really going on up there?

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