During the 90s would Obama be considered a republicans? Under him taxes are pretty low for the rich. He gives big businesses a lot of leeway. Why do the republican's hate him so much? The healthcare law he passed is what the republicans wanted in the 90s.
Bush I raised taxes substantially. Reagan provided amnesty for illegal aliens and routinely passed tax increases and expansion of entitlement programs. Both would have been obliterated in this year's no-tolerance-for-divergent-views GOP primary.
Obama reminds me of the old school republicans from the Northeast. Hell Vermont (America's most liberal state) voted solidly republican in presidential elections until 1992 and had a republican senator until Jim Jeffords switched sides. He'd be a perfect Vermont Republican from the 80s.
The only thing republicans care about is defeating Obama. That's it. If unemployment numbers are bad? Yea! We get to use that as ammo! If we are about to default on our credit ceiling? Yea! More ammo. If troops get killed? Woohoo. More ammo. The ONLY thing repubs care about is defeating Obama. That is why I get frustrated when he compromises because it buys him no political points doing so.
Democrats are slowly becoming Republicans, Republicans are slowly becoming a ****ed up hybrid of liberaltarian and religious right. Wouldn't be surprised if in 20 years one of these parties is replaced with the green party or the Ron Paul party.
No. What the Republicans are doing are destroying all chances they have to get elected. The Democrats are pretty smart in portraying Obama as a centrist, which he is in order to win over the slightly leaning and moderate Republicans. There are not enough crazies in this nation to vote someone like Romney in.
It was close to 50% for most of Regan's presidency. I think America has swung hard to right where the middle today would have been the right 20 years ago.
He would definitely be a Republican 25 years ago if he adhered to these policies. In this sense, the conservatives have won by shifting the country to the right to the point that Democrats are no longer following the policies that made them the most successful political party in the 20th century.
Yes. By standards of 20-30 years ago, Obama would be considered a moderate Republican. By today's standards, Reagan would be considered a conservative in name only. You must be 12. I was born in 1980 when the tax rate on the top income bracket was 70%. In 1960 it was 91%. So yeah, 35% as a top tax rate is pretty low by historical standards. And we all know that the effective tax rate ends up being significantly lower. Oh how I wish that were true, but it's not. Obama will probably win re-election, but Republicans will still hold more power in congress and the states than they probably should given their dramatic pull to the right. You'd think that shift would pull them out of the mainstream and alienate moderate supporters. But the people who consider themselves conservatives of any ilk are being pulled to the right as well. Even independents remain split.
I think Moderate Republican is stretching it, but the "New Democrats" have really ****ed things up regarding liberal progressive policies. It's all about making money nowadays, more than ever.
Politicians continually adjust their votes, policies and platforms to reflect poll numbers, external events and views of donors and their respective party establishment. Whether or not an electorally accountable official "would be" one thing or another with a completely different set of variables is irrelevant.
