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**uphokyhuP** · 12-03-2011, 01:39 AM

The right is definitely fractured in an interesting way because they just organically have a better grassroots than the Democrats do. The Republican grassroots that consists of mainly the religious-right is over 30% of the entire vote of the country from the moment a campaign starts while what we think of as the liberal wing of the Democratic party is somewhere closer to the high teens to 20%.

The Tea Party definitely has a good number of religious-right folks in it, but is tempered by the fact that they're the group within the Republican party that still promotes libertarianism. They're the ones who are really playing hardball right now with reining in the budget and aren't very interested with renewing the Patriot Act or engaging in the culture war stuff. Cut the debt, cut defense and promote civil liberties seem to be their big three and it's obviously a popular message still because Ron Paul rode it to another 1st place finish among CPAC voters. Paul 30% and Romney 23%.

You know if Romney/Paul decide to make friends or to make some kind of deal, that is an attractive ticket, although the religious-right would be marginalized within that structure so maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part. Ron Paul would be the most misunderstood President of all time, but the most lovable VP of all time.

12-03-2011, 01:39 AM	#32
uphokyhuP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 399 Senior Member	The right is definitely fractured in an interesting way because they just organically have a better grassroots than the Democrats do. The Republican grassroots that consists of mainly the religious-right is over 30% of the entire vote of the country from the moment a campaign starts while what we think of as the liberal wing of the Democratic party is somewhere closer to the high teens to 20%. The Tea Party definitely has a good number of religious-right folks in it, but is tempered by the fact that they're the group within the Republican party that still promotes libertarianism. They're the ones who are really playing hardball right now with reining in the budget and aren't very interested with renewing the Patriot Act or engaging in the culture war stuff. Cut the debt, cut defense and promote civil liberties seem to be their big three and it's obviously a popular message still because Ron Paul rode it to another 1st place finish among CPAC voters. Paul 30% and Romney 23%. You know if Romney/Paul decide to make friends or to make some kind of deal, that is an attractive ticket, although the religious-right would be marginalized within that structure so maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part. Ron Paul would be the most misunderstood President of all time, but the most lovable VP of all time.
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