After listening to Rush Limbaugh for a short time today I realized a couple of things. The first thing that is very clear is the Republican party is really confused. They are so paranoid that everyone is out to get them that they are like a rat trapped in a corner lashing out at anyone who wants to give them advice. They just don’t seem to get that Bush really messed things up for them. So they are suspicious of even those in their own party who doesn’t agree 100 percent with Rush. If they continue to follow this blow hard they will not have power for a long time unless….
Unless the Democrats explode and that’s just what might happen. The Democrats are in nearly as much disarray as the Republicans. We are now seeing a split in the left side of the aisle. Conservative minded Democrats against Liberal minded Democrats seems to be the show to watch now while the Republicans are being dismissed as radicals and all of this in a rocky economy.
If this sounds familiar to you it’s because it is. In the late 70’s the Democrats had a filibuster proof congress but that congress was hostile towards Carter as was the media. Unlike the Republican party the Democrats has layers and it’s those layers that may give way and cause another upset like that of 1980 when Ted Kennedy a Democrat ran against a sitting Democrat president. This was just four years after Gerald Ford the appointed president – predecessor of Richard Nixon felt the backlash of Watergate. It also may be worthy to note that the Republicans were seen as radicals back then too. Of course I‘m not saying that the very same thing will happen, another democrat will not run against Obama, but the Democrats are growing further apart just as they did then.
After the fallout of the Democrat meltdown the Republicans enjoyed 12 straight years of power. The way I see it is the Republicans know they’re in trouble right now, but the Democrats seem to be oblivious to any problems on the horizon. If they don’t get their act together soon the Republicans will reform themselves before the Democrats even know what hit them. On the other hand this would be a perfect time for a third party similar to the Reform party that was headed by Ross Perot in 1992 to take control for the first time in over a century and a half. But that is unlikely, what is likely is that the Republicans will take control without really reforming.
The Democrats didn’t win this past election as much as the Republicans lost it. Let’s face it, from 2004 to 2008 Bush was the best thing to happen to the Democrats since Ross Perot. Both wings of the Democrat party needs to realize this and come to some common ground before putting bills up for a vote. The witch hunt for those who disagree with the far left needs to stop, and those on the right side of the Democrat wing need to take their position to the public and explain themselves. Or this sibling rivalry will end badly for them all.
