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mike_c

(37,134 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 01:18 PM Oct 2016

an existential threat to the GOP....

Going forward, the dilemma for the Republican Party will be to maintain the ballot loyalty of the white working class religio-conservative fringe without letting them anywhere near the nominating process. That is their only hope.

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an existential threat to the GOP.... (Original Post) mike_c Oct 2016 OP
This Election Cycle is showing signs Wellstone ruled Oct 2016 #1
Look for a basket of safeinOhio Oct 2016 #2
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. This Election Cycle is showing signs
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 01:22 PM
Oct 2016

of the Religious Right in full retreat. Hopefully this will but a end to their fakery.

safeinOhio

(38,050 posts)
2. Look for a basket of
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:00 PM
Oct 2016

New rules in a few years. There might be a $100 fee to vote in the next GOP primary. Got to weed out the deplorable.

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