Pic Of The Moment: After Election Drubbing, Republicans Admit What We've Known All Along

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33. Will the GOP actually listen?

Will Schmidt now shut up after Rush trashes them on the radio and his work place is bombarded with hundreds of angry e-mails? Will Jindal do likewise when Grover Norquist has him primaried in Louisiana? Whether this talk will be transformed into action is yet to be seen.
I WANT the GOP to moderate as what happens politically in the US effects the rest of the world. Since the '80's, the Liberal Party here in Australia has very much been following the lead of the Republican party. The Libs here aren't quite as insane as the GOP but they are in line with most of their policies (except gun control, abortion and prayer in school. That has never been an issue here).
If I were an American, I would want them to moderate too. Your success in politics is measured on how much you move your opposition towards your position. Reagan's success, politically not in a policy sense, was that most Democrats these days sit to the right of Richard Nixon on the questions of taxation and economic policy. If the Dems, by the election results, can get these bozos to move to a more reasonable position, then they have won a big victory.