I don't know. Extremism doesn't seem to work that well in Scandinavia.
Well, extremism doesn't do well in America either. Extreme candidates one way or the other tend to alienate the voting public, which is largely moderate.
Extremism does come up in the presidential primaries, though.
Basically, in order to become a presidential candidate for the Democratic or Republican party, one must compete with other hopefuls in an inter-party election. The problem is that this tends to require candidates to make overtures to more extreme interest groups of the party, as John McCain would discover. The challenge for any candidate, then, becomes not only pandering to the party base, but also gathering support amongst unaffiliated political moderates, which can be a problem given that those two are usually opposed.
I have a feeling what we will see in the near future is a re-alignment of the Republican party's ideals to be more social liberal while holding onto fiscal conservative ideals. If they do this I could see a shift in support from the more moderate voters.
I believe this is a necessity for the Republican party. Exactly how peaceful or how fragmenting this shift will be received amongst party members remains to be seen.
Similarly, the question of the government and fiscal responsibility is one I see as dividing amongst Democrats as well.
The majority of the country seems to be growing more towards social liberalism, or at least liberalism as it is perceived in our current time period. There seems to be more of a divide with regards to how the government should behave in terms of spending and fiscal responsibility, but it seems clear that there a mounting concern as to the extent of the increase of government spending during this presidency.
I think a major question will be where the future of socialized health care goes in America. Does America move further in this direction? Does it back away with Obamacare being repealed? I definitely think a socially liberal, fiscally conservative party in favor of small government will emerge. My question is whether or not this party will be the current Republican party that realigns itself politically, or whether the Republican base will shatter and a new party will form, later joined by fiscally conservative Democrats jumping off from their party.
Well, extremism doesn't do well in America either. Extreme candidates one way or the other tend to alienate the voting public, which is largely moderate.
Extremism does come up in the presidential primaries, though.
Basically, in order to become a presidential candidate for the Democratic or Republican party, one must compete with other hopefuls in an inter-party election. The problem is that this tends to require candidates to make overtures to more extreme interest groups of the party, as John McCain would discover. The challenge for any candidate, then, becomes not only pandering to the party base, but also gathering support amongst unaffiliated political moderates, which can be a problem given that those two are usually opposed.
But Obama certainly claimed he was in favor of compromise, which is what Darth actually said.
I believe this is a necessity for the Republican party. Exactly how peaceful or how fragmenting this shift will be received amongst party members remains to be seen.
Similarly, the question of the government and fiscal responsibility is one I see as dividing amongst Democrats as well.
The majority of the country seems to be growing more towards social liberalism, or at least liberalism as it is perceived in our current time period. There seems to be more of a divide with regards to how the government should behave in terms of spending and fiscal responsibility, but it seems clear that there a mounting concern as to the extent of the increase of government spending during this presidency.
I think a major question will be where the future of socialized health care goes in America. Does America move further in this direction? Does it back away with Obamacare being repealed? I definitely think a socially liberal, fiscally conservative party in favor of small government will emerge. My question is whether or not this party will be the current Republican party that realigns itself politically, or whether the Republican base will shatter and a new party will form, later joined by fiscally conservative Democrats jumping off from their party.