Shortly before Rep. West went off the rails with his accusations of communism in the Democratic Party, political scientists Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal, who have long tracked historical trends in political polarization, said their studies of congressional votes found that Republicans are now more conservative than they have been in more than a century. Their data show a dramatic uptick in polarization, mostly caused by the sharp rightward move of the GOP. If our democracy is to regain its health and vitality, the culture and ideological center of the Republican Party must change. In the short run, without a massive (and unlikely) across-the-board rejection of the GOP at the polls, that will not happen. If anything, Washington’s ideological divide will probably grow after the 2012 elections.

Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. - The Washington Post (via tinfoilandtea)

We have never hesitated to say it.

-Joe

(via stfuconservatives)

That is indeed the impression I’ve had for a long time. Of course, during the Cold War, it’s understandable if you were more united. I don’t know too much about the GOP during the Clinton years, though.

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Source: Washington Post

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