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Major Nikon

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2. I've been saying it for a while

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2015, 12:55 AM

Dec 2015

Simple demographics doom the Republican party. They either have to change or go the way of the Whigs. Instead of working to change they have instead chosen to prop up their withering base, which might work in the short term, but will ultimately hasten their demise. Once the GOP figures out they will never again win a presidential election they will never survive as a regional party. At some point the rats will start to abandon their sinking ship.

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Shattering [View all] arely staircase Dec 2015 OP

I am going to have a difficult time corkhead Dec 2015 #1

I've been saying it for a while Major Nikon Dec 2015 #2

They control the house and Senate FreakinDJ Dec 2015 #3

That depends on us being able to show up in numbers greater than the ... Scuba Dec 2015 #4

It has to be said AwakeAtLast Dec 2015 #5

that is why the ground game is critical. CTyankee Dec 2015 #7

It happened here in Canada. GliderGuider Dec 2015 #6