You are a bunch of whiners now, then? lol

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You are a bunch of whiners now, then? lol

Spelling and punctuation can save lives:
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“Let's eat kids” = canibalism
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How true!!!

That's the driving force behind the swinging pendulum. If the officials we elect are to blame, then blame must be shared amongst the electorate.

But who are they?
The changes within each party also play a big role in their tactics as well as election results..
It's too simplistic to see it all as Democrati/Republican cycles.

Though I agree that being in power tends to result in overshooting the mark and thus being rejected by the public,, even that is more compkicated.

The 'people' are not often a rational bunch. They want, want, want, and blame, bleame blame when they don''t get what they want in short order. Part of the party cycle phenomenon is due to the nature ot the public, and can't be dontrolled by those in power, regardelss of party.

I'm waiting to see what a new generation will produce.
They may not even have the same arguments as we do now.

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I wonder in 1993 the democrats were hurting bad. They had been labeled as obsolete, out of touch and unresponsive to all but a select few. They were in disarray as the groups within the group was feeding upon itself.

They were done. Their message was obsolete and out of touch and yet. 2008 the democrats without having changed much of their message but rather having even more strongly embraced that obsolete message they are poised for what could well be an historic level of power in this nation.

They never lost sight of who they were and who they represented. This nation has been roughly 50/50 split for decades. Do we really think that the consevatives are dead? That they must change to compete.

I for one only believe that the democrats need be in power for about 8 to 12 years and this nation will be so sick of them that they will throw them out and reembrace the conservative roots. (Yet even this is not an endorsement of Conservativism as much as its a rejection of what the democrats will have done for those years in power.)

Its all cyclical. There is nothing wrong with the GOP. Other then leadership. GWB and company have single handedly destroyed the GOP but their message is powerful and strong to a lot of people. They just need their Barak Obama to speak it to the people and we will be whining in 20 years…….the Democrats are out of touch with reality.

Because my basic premise is that neither democrats nor republicans are capable of ruling for long without losing the interest of the masses who then begin embracing that proverbial “the grass is greener on the other side” syndrome.

It will be fascinating to see how the parties evolve over time.
Ideologies have to include the issue of gaining power, and thet's where things get muddlled and unpredictable.

If you look at places like New jersey, DC, or Detroit, running against the excesses and scandals of the Democrats is not a winning strategy.