Originally Posted By: PJP
whomod things run in cycles. Yes right now the gOP brand is unpopular but let's see where we are at in 2 years or 4 or 8.


Bingo!

I wholeheartedly agree. These things do run in cycles which is why I was explaining the other day that I think the gOp is stuck reminiscing about their glory days back in 1980 when they were fresh, were new and were actually filled with big ideas while the democratic Party was sputtering and flailing due to stagnation and corruption.

And I did explain many times here that I was actually for Reagan and even GHW Bush. they did bring a sense of optimism and hope back into this country. Things that ironically now are ridiculed by Republicans when they pertain to Barack Obama.

These things do run in cycles and I think the Republican cycle has fallen into corruption, lack of new ideas, ANY ideas actually save for cutting taxes on the rich and demonizing earmarks, which in and of themselves aren't BAD things. Roads, bridges, and other infrastructure get built with earmarks. It's wasteful and unnecessary earmarks that are the problem. And therein lies the problem. This need to oversimplify and demonize EVERYTHING.

This shortcut to thinking and falling into extremist ideology is what is killing this party more than Barack Obama's campaign is I think. I don't so much think that people think Obama is going to "save them" as much as I think that people know Obama will turn to ideas rather than ideology which is why were stuck in this economic mess with no hope of getting out of it by doing more of the same tax cuts to the rich and deregulation, which is why so many have no health care, which is why we're stuck in Iraq while Bin laden walks free. etc. etc.

it's just the cycle swinging back to our side now. in 20 years or even 10 it may swing back.