Comments on: The Coming Disintegration of the Democratic Coalition http://www.welmer.org/2008/11/23/the-coming-disintegration-of-the-democratic-coalition/ Exploring the East, Revisiting the West Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lukobe http://www.welmer.org/2008/11/23/the-coming-disintegration-of-the-democratic-coalition/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Lukobe Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:54:13 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/?p=123#comment-566 If/when the Democrats split, what will they split into? Do you see the more left elements joining up with the Greens, leaving a rump Democratic party that is more centrist? Do you not see a similar thing happening with the Republicans? The alliance between the cultural and economic conservatives has been very strained as of late, and the Libertarians and Constitutionalists have been picking up new members left and right. To be honest, I'd love to see the Libertarians hive off some of the more centrist Democrats and transform themselves from a fringe party into the US equivalent of Britain's Lib Dems, but I don't know if that's likely to happen anytime soon. If/when the Democrats split, what will they split into? Do you see the more left elements joining up with the Greens, leaving a rump Democratic party that is more centrist?

Do you not see a similar thing happening with the Republicans? The alliance between the cultural and economic conservatives has been very strained as of late, and the Libertarians and Constitutionalists have been picking up new members left and right.

To be honest, I’d love to see the Libertarians hive off some of the more centrist Democrats and transform themselves from a fringe party into the US equivalent of Britain’s Lib Dems, but I don’t know if that’s likely to happen anytime soon.

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