If we could get the Christian Right and the Tea Party to split off and form their own party, and open the door for the moderates who got pushed out to come back, we'd gain far more than we'd lose; it's the textbook definition of "addition through subtraction". With them gone, and candidates no longer having to try and “out crazy” each other in order to win the nomination, Republican candidates would be able to focus solely on the real issues. Sound Republican policies, absent the Christian agenda, would be hard for the Democrats to beat.
As for John Huntsman, he's not a terrible choice but I'm not sure he's what we need. If things go as I mentioned earlier (Trump wins nomination but loses the General Election), the party would be in chaos. We need someone who'll be able to fight through that, take charge, and actually lead the party; in short we're going to need a leader who can kick a little ass. I don't know that John Huntsman is that kind of leader.
I don’t get it. Jon Huntsman gave up on the Republican Party. He’s not in the clown car any longer. Because he realized what it’s become, and that was before it got to where it is this year. From what you’ve said, I would think you’d be more interested in where he’s gone than the smoking cinders of the party he quit in absolute, unmitigated disgust. All due respect to the roughly even half of the country’s electorate that identifies as Republican, but this is a party that has devolved to the point that the thinking-person’s go-to most-sane likely candidate is the doomsday prophecy Christian Dominionist that’s Hell-bound for leather on carpet bombing as a foreign policy. Death, even of a political party, can be a relief. Let it go, already. A very great many Democrats are right there with you, ready for their party to go peacefully.
I see what you mean. It's a tall order. A post-Christian Right/Tea Party mess would take a while to clean up. No doubt many would volunteer in hopes of being the new face of the GOP (or whatever it may be called by then). Here's hoping someone worthy pulls it off, if it comes to that.
If we could get the Christian Right and the Tea Party to split off and form their own party, and open the door for the moderates who got pushed out to come back, we'd gain far more than we'd lose; it's the textbook definition of "addition through subtraction". With them gone, and candidates no longer having to try and “out crazy” each other in order to win the nomination, Republican candidates would be able to focus solely on the real issues. Sound Republican policies, absent the Christian agenda, would be hard for the Democrats to beat.
As for John Huntsman, he's not a terrible choice but I'm not sure he's what we need. If things go as I mentioned earlier (Trump wins nomination but loses the General Election), the party would be in chaos. We need someone who'll be able to fight through that, take charge, and actually lead the party; in short we're going to need a leader who can kick a little ass. I don't know that John Huntsman is that kind of leader.
I don’t get it. Jon Huntsman gave up on the Republican Party. He’s not in the clown car any longer. Because he realized what it’s become, and that was before it got to where it is this year. From what you’ve said, I would think you’d be more interested in where he’s gone than the smoking cinders of the party he quit in absolute, unmitigated disgust. All due respect to the roughly even half of the country’s electorate that identifies as Republican, but this is a party that has devolved to the point that the thinking-person’s go-to most-sane likely candidate is the doomsday prophecy Christian Dominionist that’s Hell-bound for leather on carpet bombing as a foreign policy. Death, even of a political party, can be a relief. Let it go, already. A very great many Democrats are right there with you, ready for their party to go peacefully.
I see what you mean. It's a tall order. A post-Christian Right/Tea Party mess would take a while to clean up. No doubt many would volunteer in hopes of being the new face of the GOP (or whatever it may be called by then). Here's hoping someone worthy pulls it off, if it comes to that.