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The right-wing ideology that ran the US for thirty years has proven to be a total failure and the passage of health care reform was the final nail in its coffin. In case you've forgotten, classic conservatism promised to keep us safe, reduce the size of government, lower taxes, and manage the economy. Republican broke each of these commitments.
Dead? Unfortunately, no, at least not yet. They will probably never be dead, Lately, we've seen the hardliners purging moderates from the Republican party, and they're going to purge themselves right into irrelevancy, especially once the largely conservative older generation dies off. Once that happens, we'll probably see a return to a true Republican party, not the Reagan/Bush/Religious Neocon failure.
How do you figure that the passage of a bill is going to do harm to the Democratic party when the President of the same party was elected by a large majority after his campaign was based off such promises as HCR?
It defies all logic, and it's not going to happen.
How do you figure that the passage of a bill is going to do harm to the Democratic party when the President of the same party was elected by a large majority after his campaign was based off such promises as HCR?
Obama was put into office by Independents or middle of the road voters as most elected officials are. I got news for you, they aren't happy. When they pass HCR let the rest of know.
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