Reply #7: You've got that right. And they are scraping the bottom to find candidates to carry their water.

[MissMarple]

I genuinely feel sorry for old style Republicans who are who are wondering what has happened to their party. But having said that, I must add the GOP has always supported the interests of the top end of the top 1% of the American wealthy. And it works quite well for them. I just don't recall that they have crippled the country like they have now.

Perhaps we can now have a conversation about the role and responsibilities of our government in this country and quit the bickering about "big" government. Government should be the size it needs to be to meet the expectations of the majority of the American people. It's primary role is not to be a sugar daddy for the wealthy and the corporations. And that is what the GOP has worked for and it has been quite successful.

The size of our country and its vast diversity has worked against us in that the GOP has been able to further divide us into jealous and hate filled cliques. And their ability to make so many Americans to disavow our basic values like condoning and justifying torture is truly mind boggling.