the future of the republican party?

[WalterMitty]

despite claims of being a 'mjaority' party, the republicans havent won the national popular vote since 1988--16 years!!

what happens if bush loses the popular vote and the election tomorrow?  will the republican party descend into chaos with leadership struggles?

[WalterMitty]

i fear that the republican party, with its radical elements, is becoming more like the democratic party of old....in other words, unable to win a national election, but is able to stay alive due to its strength in certain parts of the country, which results in congressional majorities.

[WalterMitty]

How can the GOP be more radical than a party that has Chaka Fattah and Jerry Nadler & co. in the House?

just to play devil's advocate....id say that chaka fatah and that crowd have less of an influence on the democratic party than gary bauer and his fundies have on the republican party.

[WalterMitty]

First,  the Democratic party has not won a majority since 1976.

Second, there is the a greater problem with the lefties in the Democratic party.  There was the Al Gore of 1988, who was substantially to the right of the Al Gore of 2000.  There were moderate Democrats like Joe Lieberman (2004) that didn't do nearly as well as John McCain (200).  The GOP has done a better job of keeping the extreme right, Bauer, Buchannan, and Gram, from getting the nomination that the Democrats have of getting the extreme left from playing a major role, e.g. John Kerry.

Amen, Clinton could never had been elected in 1992 without Perot

Well said

incorrect.