Just over the last few months, we’ve seen reports from the New York Times, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post on the simmering tensions between Corporate America and Tea Party Republicans, driving a wedge into the GOP coalition. With party primaries looming, talk of a “Republican civil war” abounds."N.Wells" had a great response:
My preference would be for Democrats to run as party members emphasizing unity with respect to a simple and largely positive platform that they promise to work in unison on, but which cannot happen if the voters elect another divided government. Perhaps, "More jobs and decent pay", with a second emphasis on "Republican cuts and obstruction haven't worked".Here's where I slightly disagree: the Democrats do have factions: the conservative wing of the party, which is sadly dead when we need it, but maybe Charlie Crist and Joe Manchin can resurrect it, the more-liberal-than-normal wing led by Elizabeth Warren and a few others I can't think of off the top of my head and the mainstream of the Democrats, which is led by Obama himself. And then there's the far-left, lead by Bernie Sanders (who isn't even technically a Democrat but keeps the party's liberalism in check).
The difference though is that the Democrats always work together and don't have bloody primaries, while the GOP is in a state of disarray.
I'm still coming to the fact that New York is closing in on becoming the fourth largest state (down from third) in the nation. It's true: you do get what you pay for. That's a topic for another day. I can only hope that the nation's population peaks before New York loses anymore congressional seats.
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