I hope so. We do need a peer opposition party in the current scheme of things, this really seems like the best way of achieving it.
The Republican Party has been extremely dysfunctional and getting worse, values showmanship and drama over any actual governing, has lost all its “filters”, doesn’t seem to care how blatantly it lies, how obvious the corruption, etc. I don’t see how even die hard conservatives can agree with that mess.
Yet there are conservatives, they do deserve a legitimate voice, and there’s a good argument that the Progressivism we so desperately need would be better balanced by an alternate voice. How do we return to actual governance again, supporting your constituents, actually valuing the future of the country? How do we restore functioning democracy, yet with the checks and balances that usually have kept us steering mostly center? How do they shake off this cult of personality, religious extremism, corporate ownership? How do they remove their most harmful members while returning to any positive platform?
People here argue for modifications to how we run things, and maybe but that may face unknown negatives. Most importantly, if we can’t do the basic functioning of our legislature, how do we expect them to work on something so far-reaching?
A “factory reset” of the Republican Party is the quickest and easiest approach
I hope so. We do need a peer opposition party in the current scheme of things, this really seems like the best way of achieving it.
The Republican Party has been extremely dysfunctional and getting worse, values showmanship and drama over any actual governing, has lost all its “filters”, doesn’t seem to care how blatantly it lies, how obvious the corruption, etc. I don’t see how even die hard conservatives can agree with that mess.
Yet there are conservatives, they do deserve a legitimate voice, and there’s a good argument that the Progressivism we so desperately need would be better balanced by an alternate voice. How do we return to actual governance again, supporting your constituents, actually valuing the future of the country? How do we restore functioning democracy, yet with the checks and balances that usually have kept us steering mostly center? How do they shake off this cult of personality, religious extremism, corporate ownership? How do they remove their most harmful members while returning to any positive platform?
People here argue for modifications to how we run things, and maybe but that may face unknown negatives. Most importantly, if we can’t do the basic functioning of our legislature, how do we expect them to work on something so far-reaching?
A “factory reset” of the Republican Party is the quickest and easiest approach