I'm wondering if we have seen our last Republican president. From all I've seen, I believe Hillary Clinton will be the next president unless she decides not to run. I don't really understand the mystique. Is it because of her last name? What has she ever done? Well let's see, she brought us Benghazi. As first lady, she spearheaded the failed effort for government run health care. As Senator from New York, what legislation did she initiate? What are her legislative accomplishments? As Secretary of State, Hillary seemed to be nothing but a puppet for Barack Obama. Did she get any big treaties signed or do anything to bring peace and stability to any country or region in the world? Was nuclear proliferation slowed under Hillary's reign? The "Arab Spring" happened while she was in power. Was that good?
When you look at the crop of Democrats that are likely to oppose Hillary in the primary, maybe that explains how she wins the Democratic primary. Of course, she definitely panders to the typical liberal groups like the feminists, the LGBT's, and the American Bar Association. The mainstream media also loves everything about any Clinton.
How did we get to this point? In the last two presidential elections, the Republican primaries featured a multitude of conservative candidates against a moderate. The conservatives split the conservative base and left the moderate to win the primary. Then, too many conservative voters in the Republican base decided to stay home. McCain and Romney both seemed weak to me, and their performances in the debates were too weak to win. The running mates were very inexperienced and not very presidential.
The media continues to provide undying support for any Democrat. In the primaries, the media picks the Republican challenger. Any Republican that appears to offer a serious challenge is crucified in the press and destroyed.
Now the Republicans are trying to win by "out Democrating" the Democrats. This is just not a winning strategy. The Republicans have joined the MessAPolitico in trying to win the votes of the moderates and some of the liberals. It hasn't worked, and it won't ever work. The Republicans have definitely lost more conservative base votes than they have gained liberal or moderate votes.
Is the answer to abandon the Republican party? More and more Republican voters are supporting fiscally conservative Tea Party candidates or Libertarians. Of course, I really don't see the difference between the Tea Party and the Libertarian Party. Primarily, the difference is that the Tea Party has been vilified by the press. So, where do we go from here? It seems like the Republican party will not come back to a winning strategy that captures the base. Maybe we need to make the switch now by recruiting Republicans to move over to the Libertarian party now.
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