Republicans Only

I recommend A Listless Party written by Garance Franke-Ruta to anyone interested in the differences, practically, between how the Republicans and Democrats operate politically. She does a remarkable job of explaining how email lists develop and are important a well groomed list can be. Her assertions about the collective behavior of Republicans and Democrats may be generalizations, but they are interesting. I also believe they are relevant.

The Republican Party as a whole has done a good job of retaining political foresight. This ability to look past the present and prepare for the future has paid off. I believe this trend is in reaction to being the minority party for so long. It began to take shape with Newt.

Now, the Democrats are in the minority and are, arguably, the minority party. If the Democrats fail to come together in order to take advantage of the new frontier of politics, the internet, and the Republicans resist the impulse to jockey for individual power, therefore threatening unity, the GOP might finally be ready to be the Majority Party.