07-21-2016, 06:24 PM
(07-21-2016, 07:23 AM)Anthony Wrote: But is the Democratic Party really in any better shape?
True, thanks to the hardhat takeover of the Republicans via Trump, they are no longer a threat - but the anti-neoliberal stalwarts are a threat, and are increasingly singing Bad Moon Rising:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mi...-is-913121
It's more likely that the two parties will morph into new entities, shedding and adding new members until an equilibrium occurs. I don't have the foggiest what that will be, but it won't mimic the European parties because we aren't operationally parliamentarians. I do know that neither party is really functional, but the first to reform successfully will have the upper hand for a decade at least.
If any of the fringe parties was strong enough to emerge, then I might feel differently, but they aren't
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