Political parties are breaking down

Walter Russell Mead: "The decay of American political parties continues as the real money and power in politics shifts inexorably away from party organizations to informal and ad hoc groups.  The combination of citizen grassroots movements, decentralized party structures and the vast sums of money short-circuiting the official party structures is changing the way politics works."

Okay, then, let them go.

I was talking with someone about who the two political parties represent. The Democrats have become the party of minorities who want welfare state assistance. They are dependent on government. The exceptions are the media, academia, and Hollywood. I do know some old Dems who won't change parties because their daddies were Dems. They are stuck in the past, and some of them may be fighting the Civil War.

Republicans consist of white middle America, people who see themselves as having to pay for welfare programs and they don't want to do it. They are struggling to pay their bills and pay taxes.


Political differences are not based on race in and of itself, but on ideology. This is a point missed by some who see racism in the tea party movement.


That's the biggest difference today. The old view of Republicans as fat cats, and Democrats as the misused masses is out of date if it were ever true.