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Friday, August 28, 2015

GOP Should Worry Less About Trump and More About Itself

Commentators and political consultants are working overtime to divine why Donald Trump's candidacy is explosively successful despite his breaking all the established rules. They're outthinking themselves.

They say he is a flash in the pan, the darling of disaffected independents, the tea party's dream, a Clinton plant or the right wing's narcissistic alternative to Barack Obama.

Folks, it's not that difficult. For many Americans — who knows what percentage? — the Republican Party is not an antidote to President Obama's seven-year wrecking ball.

They look at the GOP and occasionally see strong rhetoric but mostly observe a lack of inspiration, energy and any sense of urgency about the current state of affairs. They recall that when Republicans didn't have control of Congress, they asked for patience until they recaptured the House. In the meantime, we were not supposed to rock the boat and jeopardize the upcoming elections.

Since winning back Congress, they've offered a similarly tired excuse: We don't have control of the presidency. Just wait until 2016, and we'll really turn things around. But for now, let's be calm.

Calm? What is there to be calm about?

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I look at the GOP and see Evangelicals and Dominionists whose vision for the US doesn't resemble mine at all.

Unknown said...

if the election was held today,bernie sanders would topple them all

Steve said...

Trump/ Cardin beat all of the GOP trivialists.

Unknown said...

all the gop is doing is putting bernie sanders closer to the white house the democrats are fools and the gop are idiots time to change my party affiliation until until a new messiah appears