Opinion by:
E. Eugene Webb PhD
We see it every day and hear it every day in the news, in the electronic media, and in social media. It's the constant drone of the wrestling going on for control of the Republican Party.
The struggle between the Trump inspired alt
right, and the effort of the entrenched Republican Party goals and standards
that is slowly tearing the Republican Party to pieces.
It's the battle pitting the old white men of
the traditional Republican Party against a younger crowd of righteous
insurrectionist.
At this point, while it appears to some that
the outcome of the midterms is still in question, there is little doubt that
the effect of the strong pull toward right wing conservatism, in the Republican
Party will have at least some degree of success.
While we're still a few weeks away from the
midterm election, the questions loom large: “What will the Republican Party do
as it heads toward 2024?”
Should former President Donald Trump form his
own version of the Republican Party and work to get on the ballot in all 50
states with a full slate of candidates?
If Trump were to make such a move how many of
the current old-line Republicans might follow him?
Is it time for the traditional Republicans to push
Trump and all his supporters out of the Republican Party and attempt to survive
on their own?
Can our democracy survive the political chaos
that is certain to ensue once the midterm elections are complete?
I don't propose to have the answer for that
question. And I'm not sure that all of the old white men whom we've relied on
for so long to run this country can still do so.
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