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cali

(114,904 posts) Wed Jun 25, 2014, 06:21 AM Jun 2014

The Vermont GOP is effectively dead. Not sleeping. Dead. [View all]

They have no money. All they can dredge up for statewide candidates are marginal people- when they dredge up anyone at all. They have a bank account of $34,000 and debts. they hold one statewide office. They're in a super minority in both Houses.

The decline has been ongoing, but at this point, the VT GOP is no longer a viable party.

Such a shame.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2014/06/23/gop-meeting/11277177/

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The Vermont GOP is effectively dead. Not sleeping. Dead. [View all] cali Jun 2014 OP

Voters in Vermont are smarter than the ones in Indiana! B Calm Jun 2014 #1

I know it's not a choice, but would you rather have just one party? berni_mccoy Jun 2014 #2

Woodchuck sensible? TransitJohn Jun 2014 #10

There is a viable 3rd party in Vermont with reps in both the Senate and House cali Jun 2014 #17

Sadly, all VT (mainstream) Democrats are largely Pro-"Bidness" vt_native Jun 2014 #3

That's probably true el_bryanto Jun 2014 #6

The F35 is quieter than the F16 which is quieter than the F4 Phantom seveneyes Jun 2014 #8

It's quieter because it doesn't work. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #13

I don't agree. David Zuckerman ring any bells? Phil Baruth cali Jun 2014 #19

I love Vermont. Atman Jun 2014 #4

well... CTyankee Jun 2014 #5

Well, I hope that whatever ails the GOP there is contagious. MineralMan Jun 2014 #7

amazing. VT used to be a rock-ribbed republican state... CTyankee Jun 2014 #9

Hard to believe, isn't it, that there was once such a thing as a ... 11 Bravo Jun 2014 #11

and a liberal republican! CTyankee Jun 2014 #16

I remember my traditional Republican VT relatives from when I was a kid... First Speaker Jun 2014 #12

wow. talk about living with history. how cool. cali Jun 2014 #20

Lets do that in more states IronLionZion Jun 2014 #14

Good job cali! panader0 Jun 2014 #15

I love parts of AZ! It's such a beautiful state. cali Jun 2014 #21

If conservatives are welcomed into the Democratic Party, their ideas very much live on. Romulox Jun 2014 #18

The majority of the dems in the House and Senate are definitely not conservatives cali Jun 2014 #22

You mean the US House and US Senate? Not "conservative"? Don't push war, "free trade", Romulox Jun 2014 #23