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jeff47

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30. No, they won't.

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 11:28 AM

Oct 2013

The bubble they have created means they can't change.

Republicans who try to move the party left are denounced by Limbaugh and the rest of the bubble. Losses are blamed on insufficient purity to the cause. Gerrymandered districts mean the House Republicans have more to fear from the right than from the left.

Republicans can not change. Any attempt to do so is destroyed by the bubble.

What's gonna happen? My prediction is the corporate right abandons the GOP and drags the Democratic party right. Which will eventually result in a "new" party on the left (be it brand new, or one of the existing minor parties). The two parties will settle around where they were in the 1950s/1960s. But this whole thing will take decades to play out.

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Is Obama Catalyzing the end of Movement Conservatism? [View all] M.G. Oct 2013 OP

Nah. He's just inviting them to "proceed". Barack_America Oct 2013 #1

Unfortunately conservatives like roaches will always be with us. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #2

lol ... not very diplomatic but accurate, nonetheless. 1000words Oct 2013 #3

Zombies are a good way to describe them. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #6

They won't die... M.G. Oct 2013 #4

They will change when they have lost enough elections and they are sick of loosing. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #5

I give it 1-2 decades M.G. Oct 2013 #7

Personally I think they know they will not win in 2016 because Hillary is too strong. I think they hrmjustin Oct 2013 #8

Hopefully.... M.G. Oct 2013 #9

The only way to really change redistricting is to get referendums on the ballots to hrmjustin Oct 2013 #10

Redistricting M.G. Oct 2013 #15

BTW welcome to DU. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #16

You are very welcome! M.G. Oct 2013 #22

Glad to have you aboard. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #23

No, they won't. jeff47 Oct 2013 #30

Interesting Scenario M.G. Oct 2013 #31

look up No Labels nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #17

I would guess another decade or two, but... JHB Oct 2013 #11

Lets hope! M.G. Oct 2013 #18

Welcome to DU! JHB Oct 2013 #20

You are welcome! Great to be here. M.G. Oct 2013 #21

Oooooh, I like that. Giving credit to Obama for their demise would really Lil Missy Oct 2013 #12

Hehehe M.G. Oct 2013 #24

Thanks a lot, Obama. Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #13

That's right! It's all Obama's fault... M.G. Oct 2013 #25

I am with you Southside Oct 2013 #14

Kamikaze? M.G. Oct 2013 #19

There may very well be a second civil war. xfundy Oct 2013 #26

Sympathy for the Red States M.G. Oct 2013 #27

Exactly what he's doing. Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #28

Not quite done, but certainly unpopular... M.G. Oct 2013 #29