Roger Ebert: The Republicans Exit History - They are essentially in a coalition with a third party.

The Republicans exit history
By Roger Ebert on July 20, 2011 11:49 AM


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What I read,and hear is that the Republican Party is abandoning its hopes of speaking for a majority of Americans. It will still win elections. It controls the House. Perhaps it will elect the next President. But steadily and fatally it is moving out of history.

There are trigger issues in which the GOP no longer reflects the thinking of mainstream Americans of either party. In Tuesday's charade as the House put the Tea Party debt legislation to a vote, what we saw was an example of the kind of coalition voting common in Europe, where separate parties arrive at an agreement to govern. There are now essentially three parties in Congress: Democrats, Republicans, and the Tea Party. Reasonable Republicans with a sense of the possible do not subscribe to the Tea Party's implacable ideology, but they feel they must deal with it to placate its zealots. They are essentially in a coalition with a third party.

Here are some of the issues on which the GOP is out of step with most Americans:
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http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/07/the_republicans_exit_history.html

Coalition indeed.

And the real elephant in the room.

Get your facts straight before you jerk your knee.

I wasn't referring to the cut slice and bury bill or whatever it's called.

I'm speaking of the general impression that I get when I hear the President kinda sorta endorse the gang of 6 proposal.

Maybe you should take your own advice.

You responded to Ebert's article. I think most people reading would read your post to be about "Cut, Cap and Balance"

Cut Gap and Balance is the teabagger bill. In this context you seemed to be insinuating Obama is a teabagger.

If you made a mistake, it is ok to admit it.

Meta-party.

We've seen some faint residue of the smoke and mirrors that cover and deflect the strong influence and control maintained above and behind the scenes.

and it will likely take us decades to dig ourselves out of it, if in fact we ever do.