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hollowdweller

(4,229 posts)
9. I see a realignment of both parties going forward
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:00 PM
Jan 2017

In many ways if he actually makes good on what he's saying Trump will be the Bill Clinton of the GOP. He will bring the party to the left on economic issues where the people are.

So I think what we will end up with is a sort of "back to the future" on both parties.

The dems will become the party of big business and wall street like the old republican party was. Except most big business is not racist or prejudiced so we will keep our minority rights platform and we will stick with free trade. So we will be a lot like the old GOP "party of Lincoln" We will keep the gun control since violence is bad for business and guns can be used in labor disputes. We will also remain pro choice.

The republicans will keep their fear and racist leanings, but they will embrace protectionism, worker rights, min wage. Neither party will embrace the environment.
Dems because it hurts business and the GOP because of the jobs aspect. So the GOP will become sort of like the old "dixiecrat" party, populist but with racist leanings.

The question is how that will shake out. I think we would see a lot of republicans become democrats like after the dems embraced equal rights that the dems became republicans. Most wealthy people and highly educated with good jobs will be democrats

Most working class which could eventually include people of color will be republicans.

Hey, everything's going great, so why change anything? n/t QC Jan 2017 #1
Everything is fine, it was the Russians!111 m-lekktor Jan 2017 #5
Exactly! n/t QC Jan 2017 #8
I am going to the DNC forum in Houston Gothmog Jan 2017 #2
I hope that when you go, you will take some of these ideas - PatrickforO Jan 2017 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #4
I have met and like Keith Ellison but I do not support his bid for DNC chair Gothmog Jan 2017 #7
I LIKE Tom Perez, too! Have a productive interesting time @ Cha Jan 2017 #29
The real world is not always fair but you to work to change it Gothmog Jan 2017 #44
Even Ellison has backed off his opposition to lobbying money Gothmog Jan 2017 #45
"a ban then-DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz quietly lifted in the 2016 election." NCTraveler Jan 2017 #6
Hmm, very interesting. senz Jan 2017 #19
Exciting. Always nice to hear from a pro-Trump person. emulatorloo Jan 2017 #28
I see a realignment of both parties going forward hollowdweller Jan 2017 #9
What about tearing down corporate regulation BainsBane Jan 2017 #24
Berniebros operate from the ridiculous perception that it was a close primary. LexVegas Jan 2017 #10
+1 nt JTFrog Jan 2017 #13
Lol. You guys are sad. dionysus Jan 2017 #15
I can think of someone(s) revmclaren Jan 2017 #26
Reality is not sad uponit7771 Jan 2017 #38
Nothing to see here, just some no-name from huffpo Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #11
Why we lose lou ky dem Jan 2017 #12
LOL, yes it appears that I touched a nerve. PatrickforO Jan 2017 #16
And your comment in the OP indicates BainsBane Jan 2017 #18
Cute. Except that it is Bernie's and Warren's positions I support, not them per se. PatrickforO Jan 2017 #43
..as DUers cheer them on... sad... dionysus Jan 2017 #14
Putin agrees the DNC put its fingers on the scale BainsBane Jan 2017 #17
ITA. Black and Latino voters put their fingers on the scale for Hillary Clinton. StevieM Jan 2017 #21
voter disenfranchisement BainsBane Jan 2017 #22
+1, I have no doubt that after the VRA is gutted that black turnout would be down after KGOP uponit7771 Jan 2017 #39
That's what Cenk does JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #36
Yeah, putin propaganda.. spread far and wide. So members of the Democraric Cha Jan 2017 #30
Some things never change. senz Jan 2017 #20
Back to celebrate the inauguration? BainsBane Jan 2017 #23
Trump "is not into killing -- unlike Obama and Hillary" betsuni Jan 2017 #25
Oh Jesus.. talk about delusional! Cha Jan 2017 #31
it never ends. betsuni Jan 2017 #34
Ridiculous propaganda.. Cha Jan 2017 #35
Yeah, even in today's climate that one would have lasted 15 seconds here on DU. George II Jan 2017 #42
Thank you emulatorloo Jan 2017 #27
Thank you for those enlightening links, B Cha Jan 2017 #32
Well that explains a great deal. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #33
"Some things never change" - I have to agree with you on that one. George II Jan 2017 #41
This was a WEAK article. I watched much of that forum, and MANY populist things were said. RBInMaine Jan 2017 #37
DNC - "Let's run Hillary again in 2020!" Oneironaut Jan 2017 #40
I would support Clinton in 2020 Gothmog Jan 2017 #46
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