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In reply to the discussion: I don't think the Republican Party wants to win the White House in 2016. [View all]Johonny
(20,833 posts)42. The general argument is that the RNC has lost power and is not a national party.
Citizen united killed the RNC. The candidates now go directly to the big money men and more importantly running for office is seen as a money making/vanity affair. Grifting is the new normal at the national level. The local level is separated into fiefdoms who hold allegiance to regional billionaires.
Without a national identity and with so many candidates on the grift, there is essentially no national party to want to win or lose the presidency. They ran the last speaker of the house out of the position. They ran their majority leader out of office. This is a collection of fiefdoms and not a party. No one is in charge. Into that vacuum people like Cruz, Trump Fiorina thrive. They're the maggots feasting on the dead carcass of the RNC.
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I don't think the Republican Party wants to win the White House in 2016. [View all]
yardwork
Dec 2015
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The general argument is that the RNC has lost power and is not a national party.
Johonny
Dec 2015
#42
the people who run the party don't care about abortion except as a wedge issue.
yardwork
Dec 2015
#19
Who is running the party? No one's in charge. There is a definite leadership vacuum in the GOP.
randome
Dec 2015
#21
There was a right wing talk show host who pretty much hinted at the same thing...
951-Riverside
Dec 2015
#13
I think the Republian party is fractured along along the boundries of it's various cadres.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#27
I think that the people who pull the strings would get rid of Trump quick enough if they wanted.
yardwork
Dec 2015
#29
As long as Republicans control Congress, President The Donald will sign what they send to him.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#41
I thought last night I was listening to a Democratic debate, I heard Obama and Hillary names
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#28
Having a Democrat as President gives Democrats / liberals the appearance that they are in power
AZ Progressive
Dec 2015
#34
They do want to win but they have screwed themselves. More in an article soon. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#48