Comments on: Looking For Signs of the Break-Up http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/looking-for-signs-of-the-break-up/ Fighting a never ending battle... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adam Graham [Member] http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/looking-for-signs-of-the-break-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 Adam Graham [Member] Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:51:13 +0000 http://adamsweb.us/blog/blog/index.php/a/2006/06/29/looking-for-signs-of-the-break-up/#comment-1533 If that were the case, DC Democrats would have broken apart years ago, as would have Utah Republicans. As to the legislature, intra-party squabbles doesn't a party break-up make. If that were the case, DC Democrats would have broken apart years ago, as would have Utah Republicans. As to the legislature, intra-party squabbles doesn’t a party break-up make.

]]> By: slfisher [Member] http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/looking-for-signs-of-the-break-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 slfisher [Member] Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:21:47 +0000 http://adamsweb.us/blog/blog/index.php/a/2006/06/29/looking-for-signs-of-the-break-up/#comment-1532 It's certainly happening on a local level. There were numerous cases in the Legislature this year where I saw moderate Republicans siding with Democrats against extremist fringe Republicans.<br /> <br /> This is also something we talked about in my coursework for my master's degree -- that anytime one party gets that strong, whether it's Republican or Democrat, such that the other party no longer is a significant competitor, that the larger party tends to fractionate. It's as though there has to be an opponent, and if the other party isn't enough of an opponent, then an opponent is created. It’s certainly happening on a local level. There were numerous cases in the Legislature this year where I saw moderate Republicans siding with Democrats against extremist fringe Republicans.

This is also something we talked about in my coursework for my master’s degree — that anytime one party gets that strong, whether it’s Republican or Democrat, such that the other party no longer is a significant competitor, that the larger party tends to fractionate. It’s as though there has to be an opponent, and if the other party isn’t enough of an opponent, then an opponent is created.

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