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Doesn't that indicate his ineffectiveness as a POTUS, though? He couldn't even work with his own party.
by marknutter 10y ago
Doesn't that indicate his ineffectiveness as a POTUS, though? He couldn't even work with his own party.
- michaelchisari 10y agoPossibly. But I think it moreso indicates that two party systems are actually multiparty systems without any of the benefits of multiple parties. The various factions operate within their party. The Republicans have the same issue, but they're less pronounced.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoI would say the republicans have even more factional problems than the democrats...tea party and trump, moderates, Cristian coalition, etc..! But since they don't control the White House, they are at least unified in there Obama hate, which is mostly how they are perceived.
- michaelchisari 10y agoYou're right, the factional problems of the Republicans are huge this time around. But they weren't so much in 2008.
- seanmcdirmid 10y ago2008 basically started the tea party. I would also claim that Democrat factions were pretty subdued before 2008 as well.
- michaelchisari 10y agoThe Tea Party didn't get a legislative hold until the mid-term elections, when Obama lost his Democratic majority.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoThe tea party was energized by 2008, they had to wait until the next election to take power.
- michaelchisari 10y agoAt this point, I'm not sure the point you're trying to make.
- seanmcdirmid 10y ago2008 created the split, 2010 was when the hammer dropped. Simple easy.