Reply #20: The republican party is in shambles

[thethinker]

and we should be glad.

The majority of republicans are just conservative good old boys. They believe in all the things Reagan preached. Bush got elected and immediately put in neo-con policies. That is not the message he put forth when he running for office. My guess would be that maybe 1% of the republicans are neo-cons. The republican base feels betrayed. They have turned against Bush. They were betrayed.

I doubt Ron Paul will get the nod from the RNC. They can't control him.

The libertarians have a lot of nut cases in their membership. I don't see them as a serious threat.

The more the republican party fractures into pieces, the easier they are to beat. It is a numbers game, when they count the votes right.