Comments on: What’s No Longer The Matter With Kansas

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:23:07 +0000

This is why moderate Republicans should become Democrats.

By: Tano

Tano — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:39:34 +0000

It isnt just Kansas of course. Hello, people. The Democrats are about to become the MAJORITY party in this country, and that will inevitably attract new members. The revolution is over, and thoroughly discredited. The interesting question now is how deeply the Democrats can manage to integrate the middle-of-the-roaders who are joining up with them, or whether they scare them off the way the Republicans have.

If the Congressional Dems play it smart (no guarantee of that of course) and the party nominates some interesting and well-grounded folks in 08 (Obama-Warner anyone?), the GOP may not sniff power for another generation.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:00:59 +0000

If the Democratic Party is the moderate GOP, then I am not for the moderate GOP and we are in deep trouble.

Someone switching parties is not that unusual. 83% of Kansas Congressman are Republicans.

Most Kansas Democrats are more conservative then New England Republicans.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:56:23 +0000

I find it amusing how many people want to fly with one wing.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:39:23 +0000

Imagine if the democratic party was taken over by the moderates of the GOP.

Now, Imagine that the Democratic party IS the moderate GOP. Now open your eyes and tell me what you see.

By: Wake up America

Wake up America — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:46:16 +0000

Moderates in the World....

What they ignore by simple virtue of being the rag they are, is people such as myself and a few of the people who have made comments here and sent me emails. We, the former Democrats, that will be voting Republican this year and probably for more to co...

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:41:34 +0000

I actually see a glimmer of hope in this. Imagine if the democratic party was taken over by the moderates of the GOP. I would be perfectly content to see the right and moderate wings of the GOP mark the boundaries between which we politically steer our country. Of course the fly in the ointment is that a moderate republican running as a democrat is an enabler of speaker Pelosi.

By: jpe

jpe — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:55:26 +0000

That was bound to happen as the GOP grew more powerful, and as every group in the coalition wants their favors called in. The question isn't the existence of disagreement, but the intensity of it and whether it leads to schism. So far, I think the coalition is holding up fairly well, especially given the vast differences between constitutive interests.

By: madmatt

madmatt — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:33:27 +0000

So what happened to that big tent you guys are always going on about?