has the moderate republican party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, Eisenhower,Taft gone for good?

Question

is all thats left is radicals thats taken over the party who are determined to win at all cost, even on yahoo answers? will democrats put the lies and deception of Bush behind them, and be the party we all know they can be. will any party put the needs of our nation's people above their own agendas? REmember for the people by the people? I can not tell you how let down i will be, if it is more of the same in the senate. all political lines a side, all the i am this type of republican and i'm this type of democrat pushed to the side what is it we all agree on to get this country back to a nation of integrity in the eyes of our citizens, and other countries? where is the middle ground?

Answer 1

sad to say, yes it has.

Answer 2

Those aspects of the party broke away over time. A lot of it was during the Civil Rights Era when the south was ruled by the Democrats in large part. The south was extremely racist and the Democratic Party was supporting civil rights, so the racist element of the Democratic Partie, the Dixiecrats left the party and became Republicans. This is why the parties are broken up primarily by region now with the GOP centered in the south, and Democrats essentially everywhere else.

Answer 3

The big advantage that the Democrats have is that they really sincerely want to do the right thing, and any objective analysis shows that. They have truth on their side. The Republicans have money, unscrupulousness and a fierce determination to win at all costs on their side. Americans are sometimes a little slow on the uptake, they can be fooled by the likes of a Nixon or Bush for a little while, but in the end they usually figure it out.

Answer 4

moderate republicans still exist.. they just have been pushed so far and hard by the extremists that they now either call themselves democrats or independents.. or whatever.. because they are ashamed of what that party has become... an example would be my uncle... he is a retired major for the military and teaches ROTC.. he has always been a staunch republican.. and he now claims and votes democrat because of the Bush administration... it's sad really.. but soon I think you will either see the moderates take their party back over or you will see the party split.. at that time bipartisan politics will be able to resume.

Answer 5

Which Roosevelt? And Lincoln is not the pride of the Republican party, since he deliberately let a civil war start that he might have prevented. His freeing the slaves was more or less an accident.

Answer 6

I have to believe that there is a large element of conservatives out there that feel hijacked by the fringe of their party and want to return to a more moderate philosophy. I think the country is best represented by the moderate versions of the two general philosophies and the interaction and exchange of ideas between them rather than a run too far in either direction.

Answer 7

Unfortunately it looks like those days are gone, because only self-rightious indignation appears to get one elected.

Moderates may get indignant but they're just not self-rightious.

Also, it appears that fewer moderates vote. Perhaps because they feel that the political landscape is too discouraging, so they just give up.

Answer 8

You must look at the way the country has changed. If Lincoln, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Taft were alive today, they would be classified as ultra-rightwing conservatives. The political spectrum has moved to the left so much that these revered gentlemen would no longer be considered moderates.

Answer 9

No its the Democrat Party of Marx/Stalin/Castro
Republican Party of do nothing the people want PC BS

Answer 10

As gone as the patriotic and strong defense and anti-communist Democrat party of Truman and JFK.

Answer 11

Gone!

Our leaders in Congress are spreading their bu-tt cheeks to CEO's and AIPAC = Abramoff