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Is the Republican Party in danger of dying out?

Jack Hays said:
I have no party and no interest involved. I'm more than happy to let others decide what is a valid point and what is not. You are an advocate; I am simply an analyst.:peace
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You are a purveyor of unilateral, unsubstantiated claims. This is another one.
 



Dems' Challenges (in 2 Graphs)

While Democrats should lose seats under almost any set of plausible national conditions, the size of this loss will be influenced by how presidential approval and economic conditions evolve in the coming months. Right now, national conditions, especially the low level of presidential approval, are looking good for Republicans and bad for Democrats.:peace
 
Republicans Hammer Away on the Growth Theme - Larry Kudlow, IBD

So the challenge for the GOP is to drill home the old Ronald Reagan point that Republicans can increase take-home pay or after-tax income. That doesn't mean forgetting the Obamacare disaster, which, as many predicted, is falling of its own weight. The individual mandate is now dead. But it does mean the GOP must emphasize economic growth.
Fortunately, many of the party's top thinkers are already hammering away on the growth theme.:peace



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“It’s a changing country, the demographics are changing,”
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Bill O'Reilly

There's a great jazz standard by Jerome Kern. Very beautiful song

Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days

Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine

And truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Forsooth was mine
Sad am I

Glad am I
For today I'm dreaming of
Of yesterdays
Then gay youth was mine

The truth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I'm dreaming of
Of yesterdays
 
Just once I'd like to see a political party tell some idiot member "no, **** you, get out".
 
Re: The Reason Democrats Are Backing Gay Rights and Marijuana Legalization

Paxaeon said:
So long as the Tea partiers and the religious extremists control the GOP, they will be marginalized but not dying.
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Said as if the republicans aren't owning liberals in wisconsin. ;)
 
The Mark said:
Just once I'd like to see a political party tell some idiot member "no, **** you, get out".
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Exactly! Maybe all repubs don't think that pregnancies can't be caused by rape - but they do a piss poor job of calling out their members that do claim such things.
 
paddymcdougall said:
Exactly! Maybe all repubs don't think that pregnancies can't be caused by rape - but they do a piss poor job of calling out their members that do claim such things.
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That is a falsehood. The Missouri Senate candidate was virtually excommunicated.:peace
 
paddymcdougall said:
Exactly! Maybe all repubs don't think that pregnancies can't be caused by rape - but they do a piss poor job of calling out their members that do claim such things.
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Did you intend to make a false statement? Or are you uninformed?

[h=3]Rep. Akin resists mounting calls to withdraw from Senate race after ...[/h]www.foxnews.com/.../rep-akin-rape-comment-draws-...‎Fox News Channel


Aug 21, 2012 - Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin resisted calls to withdraw ... mounting pressure from GOP leaders who roundly condemned his remarks. ... him from effectively representing our party in this critical election.".


[h=3]Republicans Pile On Criticism of Todd Akin's Rape Comment | At the ...[/h]atr.rollcall.com/republicans-pile-on-criticism-of-todd-akins-rape...‎Roll Call


Aug 20, 2012 - Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) comments about rape, the Republican Senate nominee is discovering that his harshest critics are not Democrats, but ...
 
Jack Hays said:
Did you intend to make a false statement? Or are you uninformed?

[h=3]Rep. Akin resists mounting calls to withdraw from Senate race after ...[/h]www.foxnews.com/.../rep-akin-rape-comment-draws-...‎Fox News Channel


Aug 21, 2012 - Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin resisted calls to withdraw ... mounting pressure from GOP leaders who roundly condemned his remarks. ... him from effectively representing our party in this critical election.".


[h=3]Republicans Pile On Criticism of Todd Akin's Rape Comment | At the ...[/h]atr.rollcall.com/republicans-pile-on-criticism-of-todd-akins-rape...‎Roll Call


Aug 20, 2012 - Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) comments about rape, the Republican Senate nominee is discovering that his harshest critics are not Democrats, but ...
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Absolutely, it is demo's that circle the wagons, and protect their idiots....Repub's have had their arses handed to them over the years trying to take the "high road" with things like that..
 
paddymcdougall said:
Exactly! Maybe all repubs don't think that pregnancies can't be caused by rape - but they do a piss poor job of calling out their members that do claim such things.
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Not talking repubs alone here.
Democrats are no better in this regard.
 
The Mark said:
Not talking repubs alone here.
Democrats are no better in this regard.
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That's right. Let's not forget that conservatives have a better understanding of how human reproduction functions than do liberals.
 
Kobie said:
What now.
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In the General Social Survey, the following question was asked:

Father, not mother, determines a child's sex?

72.0% of Democrats agreed.
77.3% of Republicans agreed.
 
RiverDad said:
In the General Social Survey, the following question was asked:

Father, not mother, determines a child's sex?

72.0% of Democrats agreed.
77.3% of Republicans agreed.
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I suppose it's too much to ask for a link, as well as the survey's methodology. Also, the idea that this is statistically significant (or telling of anything, really) is pretty weak.
 
RiverDad said:
In the General Social Survey, the following question was asked:

Father, not mother, determines a child's sex?

72.0% of Democrats agreed.
77.3% of Republicans agreed.
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My limited understanding indicates that timing is the main component here - unless mothers have some unconscious control over what sex the child will be?
 
Kobie said:
I suppose it's too much to ask for a link, as well as the survey's methodology. Also, the idea that this is statistically significant (or telling of anything, really) is pretty weak.
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The GSS has all of their data available on the web. You're free to run the query yourself as a means of verifying my statement. No need to trust anyone's word.
 
The Mark said:
My limited understanding indicates that timing is the main component here - unless mothers have some unconscious control over what sex the child will be?
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No, it means that sperm contain either the X or Y chromosome; female eggs contain only X.

XX = offspring is female
XY = offspring is male
 
RiverDad said:
The GSS has all of their data available on the web. You're free to run the query yourself as a means of verifying my statement. No need to trust anyone's word.
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Yeah, I did a search and didn't find anything.

Even so, I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that margin of error alone would account for most of any difference based on party.
 
Kobie said:
No, it means that sperm contain either the X or Y chromosome; female eggs contain only X.

XX = offspring is female
XY = offspring is male
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Nah, I meant that depending what time the sex too place, among other factors, could affect how the X's and Y's match up. Or perhaps that's one of those urban legend things that I somehow got mixed up with science in my head.
 
Kobie said:
Even so, I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that margin of error alone would account for most of any difference based on party.
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Yeah, I'd bet that you wouldn't be trotting out that explanation for this question:

Humans evolved from other animals

57.6% of Democrats agreed.
41.5% of Republicans agreed.

You'd accept that flat-out. Right?
 
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