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Monday, March 24th, 2014

The Strange Revival of Republican America

Author:     EDWARD LUCE
Source:     Financial Times (U.K.)
Publication Date:     3/23/2014 18:50
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Stephan:   Here I think is a very good centrist assessment of the Republican Party. This is why pollsters are beginning to say the GOP may become the majority in the Senate and control both houses. That will assure the war of women and non-Whites will increase, the destruction of public schools will intensify, and climate change remediation will decline sharply. It is all about voting, and Democrats seem to lack the ability to get out the vote. Citizens either support the Theocratic Right, or they either don't take it seriously, or are just uninterested in participating in democracy.

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For years people have predicted the Republican party’s demise. The decline of whites as a share of the US population and the spread of tolerant values, such as support for gay marriage, would gradually snuff out its appeal. Yet the Grand Old Party has a stubborn way of bouncing back. The coming midterm elections in November are unlikely to be an exception, while the Republican field for the next presidential election looks stronger than at any time since 2000. Tomorrow may indeed arrive at some point. But for the time being, today is going pretty well for the Republicans.

Take the fast-approaching congressional elections. President Barack Obama is giving everything he has in terms of fundraising to retain Democratic control of the Senate. The remainder of his presidency depends on it. Even diehard optimists doubt Democrats could regain control of the House. Yet the more Mr Obama throws at the Senate, the lower his poll numbers fall. Last week he hit a new low of 41 per cent approval versus 54 per cent disapproval. History says an unpopular […]

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