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Originally Posted by RickeyM
Where the Republican party currently is I blame on the politicians leading it. Their lusting for power and their prostitution of themselves have led them down this path. The death of the party must come from the members themselves. This won't happen unless they have somewhere else to go. We must have two parties willing to work together. The current crop of Republican leaders with a few (too few) exceptions won't do this. Don't get me wrong the Democratic party isn't only comprised of saints but the Republican party politicians are actively working against the interests of the American people. Certainly there are progressive Democrats that want their way but this "leftist takeover" of the party the Republican party is promoting is nonsense.
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I can pretty much agree with that on a national level. In Oregon however the whole state is controlled by 3 cities that are all democrat. Portland/metro area alone is almost half the states population. They don't understand the issues of rural Oregon and are very selfish to that end. We actually have part of our income tax go to metro lifht rail which only serves the Portland area. There are several other instances that are similar. The fact is rural Oregon can do nothing about it and that is where a lot of the angst comes from. The huge majority of Oregon area is red, but the tiny area of dense population is blue and serve only the big cities. The electorate therefore is blue by supermajority so with the exception of a few counties the governor and legislature is despised by the rest of the state. It isn't extremism that is the problem here, it is simply a tint area of the state holding a huge population. That is also where my feelings stem from for those who argue against the electoral college.