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There are. There was a lot of Republican activity on the internet during the primaries. However, young Republicans and proprietors of prominent Republican websi
by Prrometheus 18y ago
There are. There was a lot of Republican activity on the internet during the primaries. However, young Republicans and proprietors of prominent Republican websites were never big McCain fans. And of course, Obama is a pop star. So, Republicans have been silent on the internet of late.
Over the last eight years, many people have soured on the Republican Party because of Bush. Most young Republicans I know despise him. There won't be a lot of energy behind Republican Party candidates again until its leaders support the small-government principles that excite young activists.
- aswanson 18y agoMost young Republicans I know despise him. Was it after a few catastrophic war/spending decisions, or did they always think he was a bad choice? For the life of me I can't see how the party propped him up over McCain back in 2000. In my eyes, even back then, he was such an obvious cipher.
- Prrometheus 18y agoDefinitely post-war and post-Medicare part D.
- dangoldin 18y agoI feel that the Republican party needs to go back to it's Buckley roots. Seems the modern Republican party is just sliding into an abyss.
- eru 18y agoIs there any indication that a new party will take the GOP's place in the two-party system?
- dangoldin 18y agoI don't know enough to answer that but intuitively it seems that as long as the two parties alternate presidents and tend to get a similar number of the popular vote there isn't much incentive to change. I'm not sure if a change would be drastic, it would probably just be a gradual move to capture new voters without alienating old ones.
- maximilian 18y agoI'm curious as to why many young republicans don't jive with McCain. I feel like he's been replaced by bizarro McCain (most of the time), but nonetheless he seems like a pretty classic conservative (at least before this year).
- nazgulnarsil 18y agowe might be on the verge of another party renaming that has occurred at various times in american history. the old conservative party slowly dies and the liberal party bifurcates into two new parties, one more conservative and one more extremely liberal.