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There is no denying Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. But the party is still split and not working together.
As to the Democrats, they are still trying to figure out their leader. Many Dems seem to want a Bernie socialist type party and some seem to want to go in the identity/grievance politics Perez direction, in my opinion from reading.
Right. That's why all the congressional Rs are lining up to vote for whatever he wants them to vote for.
I don't understand why anyone would think that any political party has a chain of command - but whatever.
There is no denying Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. But the party is still split and not working together.
As to the Democrats, they are still trying to figure out their leader. Many Dems seem to want a Bernie socialist type party and some seem to want to go in the identity/grievance politics Perez direction, in my opinion from reading.
Trump may be the leader of the Republican party, but I would argue that he isn't a terribly effective one. The Republicans have been talking about repeal/replace since the day ACA became law, yet it hasn't happened, nor does it appear likely to happen, in spite of the fact that the Republicans have control of both houses of Congress. There is still a deep vein of anti-Trump, or more accurately, anti-Trumpist, sentiment among Republicans, at least in Washington. They may pay lip-service to him, but I get the strong impression that many of them would be overjoyed to be working with almost anyone else, as long as that person had an R behind his/her name.
I'm tempted to ignore the original question, as I think it was more of a taunt than an honest inquiry, but I'll bite, anyway. I think who will emerge as the Democratic leader remains to be seen. I also don't think there is anything unusual about that at this stage in the game. Who was the leader of the Republicans in the spring of 2009 or 2013? I don't mean the holder of any single title, I mean the person rank and file Republicans looked upon as the one to carry them forward to the next election. For that matter, who, in 2005, would have predicted that Obama would become the party's standard-bearer in 2008?
Trump may be the leader of the Republican party, but I would argue that he isn't a terribly effective one. The Republicans have been talking about repeal/replace since the day ACA became law, yet it hasn't happened, nor does it appear likely to happen, in spite of the fact that the Republicans have control of both houses of Congress. There is still a deep vein of anti-Trump, or more accurately, anti-Trumpist, sentiment among Republicans, at least in Washington. They may pay lip-service to him, but I get the strong impression that many of them would be overjoyed to be working with almost anyone else, as long as that person had an R behind his/her name.
I'm tempted to ignore the original question, as I think it was more of a taunt than an honest inquiry, but I'll bite, anyway. I think who will emerge as the Democratic leader remains to be seen. I also don't think there is anything unusual about that at this stage in the game. Who was the leader of the Republicans in the spring of 2009 or 2013? I don't mean the holder of any single title, I mean the person rank and file Republicans looked upon as the one to carry them forward to the next election. For that matter, who, in 2005, would have predicted that Obama would become the party's standard-bearer in 2008?
The Republican party is split. The Freedom caucus has been a world unto itself for years. Their unwillingness to compromise is nothing new. It will be interesting to see if Trump can bring some of them into the Republican fold. If not, it could be an unproductive term for him.
And I agree with you that the leader of the Dems has yet to emerge. I certainly never saw Trump coming as the direction of my party until he won the national primary.
Last edited by texan2yankee; 05-01-2017 at 06:55 AM..
Not having a true party head is a glaring defect in our tripartite duopolistic system. In the parliamentary system, the head of the party or parties in power is the prime minister and the other party heads sit in opposition in the parliament. If a party leader resigns, she is replaced immediately.
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