one of my long time clients, a republican, is disgusted with what has been going on with the people

[WCGreen]

who have, as she put it, hijacked her party.

I don't know if she is upset enough to vote for president Obama, but I do think she is upset enough not to vote for the republcians nominee...

[elleng]

1. and talk up her disgust, I hope.

[PSPS]

2. Same here.

This was back in 2008, and my Republican dentist felt the same way even back then. So I'm sure the clown car is even more off-putting to him and others like him today. The "base" of the republican party is very small today.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. I guess they don't realized that a coup happened to the party. Haven't figured out for years now

that the religious right has taken over without firing a shot. Everyone saw it but them.

[Vincardog]

4. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone, who saw the conservatives take over our party? NT

[southernyankeebelle]

7. Well they should know now.

[cascadiance]

8. Still trying to figure out if the corporatists or the theocrats took over their party...

I think the corporatists are feeling very defensive the more the general public is aware that they compose the so-called "moderate" element of both of the two parties that have enslaved us the last 30 years. And the populists of each of the parties are rising up and starting to complain and try to take control. Whether it is the progressives in the Democratic Party or the theocrats in the Republican Party. We still have a long way to get the corporatists out of their "bipartisan" control of America through their control of the laws, etc. that help keep it that way in government that they've owned enough pols on both sides to craft over the years.

The theocrats don't pay enough attention to the corporatists who still want to "use" them to keep that control. And therefore what used to be the so-called "moderates" are either bending towards the theocrats or deciding to "retire" now. I think they know that us progressives as the 99% will not accept the 1% controlling us any longer and that we won't side up with them. The extreme and "used" right is still small enough to not win a big election, unless the corporatists decide its time to give in and not keep putting off the extreme right and join forces with them more (which I think is what is the dangerous thing now).

Perhaps we need a poll to decide how we feel about these components of the Republican party?

1) Which do you detest more and find the most threatening of the two components of the Republican Party (the corporatist 1% or the theocrats)?

I'd have a hard time with that poll too. I can get passionate about both for different reasons. I think it's pretty safe to see who is the most crazy dangerous, but the most real dangerous I think I'd pick the other side.

It would be interesting to find out if we could poll those who leave the party, which of these two groups "asserting themselves" in the power of the Republican Party has disturbed them the most to have them leave the party.

[southernyankeebelle]

9. Well here it is in a nutshell. If holy Ricky wins the primary then america will be able to choose a

clear path to what they truly want. You will see it as plain on our faces. If you want a theocracy you will choose Holy Rick. If you don't want that you will choose Obama and move to the left were really the country seems to be moving.

[woo me with science]

12. The theocrats are in their party; the corporatists are in both.

It is one sure way to get people to vote for corporatists.

More and more of us, in both parties, are becoming aware of having been hijacked.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. They need to channel their disgust

to their own local repuke representatives, including municipal, state, and federal. Even if she can't "stomach" the top of the ticket, the problem isn't there. It's in her own backyard.

[B Calm]

6. The dumb-asses I work with

will vote republican no matter what. They're all suffering from battered wife syndrome and want more beatings.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I hope she's plenty pissed-off!

Maybe you can help get her there...

[DirkGently]

11. Can't imagine that's not happening all over the country right now.

Just as they're losing the war on gay people, Republicans decide going after *women* hammer & tongs is just the culture war ticket they're after?

Not smart politically, but it does help show anyone in doubt exactly where they're coming from.

[TroubleMan]

13. I know 3 life-long repugs who aren't voting for President this year.

They all think the current crop of gop candidates are a bunch of clowns. They won't vote for Obama, but at least they're sitting this on out.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. That's great!

I hope many disgruntled Republicans do just that.