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Posted by: Aidenag 11 months, 1 week ago

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The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title. New evidence suggests a potentially historic shift in the Party's identity -- what strategists call its "brand." The votes of many disgruntled conservatives and other lapsed Republicans are now up for grabs.

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Aidenag11 months, 1 week ago

Gotta be one of the more detailed and well researched articles ive seen from the WSJ in a pretty long while. They really did a good job with this.
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  deathray11 months, 1 week ago
  
  I'll say this. Almost everyone I know in the hedge fund community is donating heavily to and supporting Democratic candidates.
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Beau789011 months, 1 week ago

Interesting that the Democrats have been favored as the party that would do the better job reducing the federal deficit since 2001.
But then again, it's a Wall Street Journal poll, so clearly just more propaganda from the liberal media--right? ;-)
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  Aidenag11 months, 1 week ago
  
  Yeah, this is just spin by that liberal Rupert Murdoch and the leftist propaganda machine that is news corp.. Err wait, that talking point doesnt work here :)
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  not2needy11 months, 1 week ago
  
  Democrats always have been better at balancing the national budget, republicans spend and democrats clean up their mess. That's the way it's been for 20 of the last 28 years.
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  idyll11 months, 1 week ago
  
  I'm convinced that a socially liberal, fiscally conservative path is what 'The Middle' is all about. The party that can stake out this path is a sure winner.
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Bkumm11 months, 1 week ago

Liberalism is good for business. See, conservatism means, by definition, maintaining the status quo. Innovation doesn't happen that way and innovation is what makes American business great.
It's no wonder many businesses are starting to support Democrats.
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scott426111 months, 1 week ago

Just yesterday, I heard about the religious right-wing followers of James Dobson and Focus on the Family will support a 3rd party conservative if Rudy Giuliani becomes the GOP nominee.
http://politics.propeller.com/story/2007/10/01/...
Good. And I'm not fan of Giuliani and his warmonger tendencies. But IMO, the religious nutjobs, along with the neo-con warmongers and laissez-faire capitalists, have destroyed a once viable political party.
Good riddance!
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berkeley11 months, 1 week ago

curious that the article fails to even mention ron paul...
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  scott426111 months, 1 week ago
  
  Yes. Curious, isn't it? 52% Republican contributions of active duty military personnel have gone to Paul.
  And I'm sure the GOP has rigged the primary system to prevent a Paul upset... but - hypothetically - let's assume that Ron Paul DOES upset the apple cart manages to snag the Republican nomination:
  If Hillary Clinton grabs the Democratic nomination, then I would like vote for Paul.
  (....more...)
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  scott426111 months, 1 week ago
  
  Don't misunderstand me...I admire and respect Paul for his adherence to the U.S. Constitution and his unwavering position on the war, but unfortunately, his I also believe that his Libertarian tendencies would also push for even further business deregulation and he would try to take us another step toward a complete laissez-faire business climate. And an even wider gap between rich and poor.
  Still, on balance, with even greater Democratic majorities to blunt those tendencies, I would still vote for Paul as legitimate vote for a lesser of two evils...
  If it's Rudy Giuliani and Hillary, I'll vote for Mike Bloomberg or Ralph Nader.
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    ETproductions11 months, 1 week ago
    
    Hillary's Senate vote last week to give GWB the green light on bombing Iran wiped her off my candidate list.
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SpareChange11 months, 1 week ago

Finally a sign of sanity coming from the right.
The past 6 years of Republican rule has seen larger governement, irresponsible spending, falling dollar and large increases in the cost of health care (bad for small business).

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  HateKoolAid11 months, 1 week ago
  
  You would think they would be trying to address this issue but noooooo... they are to busy posting stupid articles about someones "cackle".
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ETproductions11 months, 1 week ago

I own a small business, and I can tell you that running up 10 trillion dollars in debt isn't good for business or workers. It isn't good for retirees, and it's especially bad for kids. Most of the payments will fall to them.
Interest payments alone now run close to 500 billion dollars a YEAR!
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