GOP RIP

The GOP (Grand Old Party) is dead, long live the GOP (Greedy Obstructionist Party)! The consensus of political pundits is that Reagan - a collegial guy with a sense of humor, willingness to compromise and a desire to get the job done - could not win a current Republican primary. How can the behaviors that made a man a hero become unacceptable as a governing style?

 Sarah Palin and Mark Levin are threatening to leave the GOP and start the Freedom party. Note to the GOP – let them go, everything they do is all about them not the party.

 To them the GOP is not conservative enough! Which congress have they been following this past five years? If the intentions, actions and pronouncements of the current congress have not been grossly conservative maybe Webster needs to work on a new definition.

 Is there a single term that describes a group: which rejects evolution, compromise/cooperation, balance, getting results and global warming; abhors abortion but opposes sex education and contraception; is anti-education/gays/immigration reform, wants to reduce voting rights/union rights/women’s rights and puts tax reduction for the 1% ahead of everything else?

 How can a party with these beliefs survive when influential members define already ultra-conservative behavior as abandoning basic party principles? How far right is alright?

 If this denial of demographic trends and social values continues to guide the GOP, a new party will emerge, but not the one they expect.

 As a political junkie this scenario is better than an endless cup of coffee, but as a concerned citizen I hate to envision the damage to the country from increased gridlock.  

 GOP RIP