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212. How much more irrelevant will Democrats be if Republicans win the White House?

One thing the Republicans have shown themselves to be very good at is in consolidating power. They approach the task with a single-minded, Machiavellian, almost sociopathic, intensity, divorced from any sense of ethics or fair-play. The Bush-Cheney administration stacked the federal agencies with legions of right-wing ideologues, radicals, and Liberty University graduates.

Then there is the SCOTUS. The court has been conservative for a long time, but the past 10 years has been disastrous. A look at some of the 5-4 conservative decisions over the past 10 years is almost too depressing to contemplate. The next president will likely appoint 2, and possibly 3, justices. The perspective of those justices will color the court, and have a profound effect on public life, for the next generation. A Republican president will almost unquestionably appoint hard-line conservatives, especially in today's climate. As well, there are scores of positions to be filled in the lower courts.

Regarding Republican policy, they've said very clearly, and very often, what they intend to do. There is no doubting their intentions or their resolve. Their agenda is perfectly clear. Eliminate the safety net. Repeal the ACA. Destroy unions. Eliminate environmental protections. Sell off public lands. Criminalize abortion. Codify discrimination. Elevate Christianity as a state religion. Persecute Muslims.

Republicans are crazed and dangerous. A major and credible analysis concluded that fully enacting their proposed budget for 2015 would result in a staggering decline of 9% GDP and lead to a depression.

I get who Hillary Clinton is. A friend of Wall Street. A believer in the conventional story of government and business. A supporter of free trade and globalization. Pro-business. A devoted capitalist. On the other hand, she's not a radical. She believes in the safety net. She believes in government. She's liberal on many social issues. She's a Democrat.

I share some of you assessment of the major problems with our politics and our government. Corporatism, "free trade", corruption, income and wealth disparity, an immoral and destructive banking and financial industry -- all of these are interrelated and are leading us toward a disaster of epic proportions.

But our expectations differ over your belief that "...we will end up with a government that makes the Republican right wing look moderate." I live in a red state. And I can testify these crazed Republicans are serious. Whatever they say they will do, they will do.

Hillary might keep us on a steady course toward the cliff, but the Republicans want to step on the gas.