Gerrymandered congressional districts will prolong the journey, of course; but unless the GOP does more than change its rhetoric, the party of Lincoln, now following the footsteps of the Whigs and the dodo, will continue the long, slow, march to irrelevancy and eventual extinction.
This is unfortunate, and progressives should not gloat at the prospect or see this as a victory.
For over two hundred years, the dynamic tension inherent in our two-party system has produced good governance through the process of substantive debate and compromise.
This is unfortunate, and progressives should not gloat at the prospect or see this as a victory.
For over two hundred years, the dynamic tension inherent in our two-party system has produced good governance through the process of substantive debate and compromise.
America needs two, strong political parties rooted in reality while differing in philosophy if our experiment in self governance is to continue to flourish.
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