Republicans or democrats who can fix the nations or better yet the worlds problems?
817704
if u say so, that's kewl.
362059
it always amazes me that out of over 250 million plus people in the US, they could only come up with Bush.  Someone gets elected leader of a party and you are stuck.  No decent choices to be made.  We have the same problem here in Canada.
728139
Republicans are known as the party of bad ideas and Democrats the party of NO IDEAS.
518593
1 Lack of a Visionary Leader in either Party\n2 Misguided approach to foreign policy(Iraq,Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan,and India)\n3 Trade Imbalance and Current Account deficit....The day of equilibrium will come....\n4 Teachers Unions in Education\n5 Lack of overall fiscal constraint\n\n\nEdit...Independent....now how about a thread on actually resolving any of these issues...
273608
There is the Libertarian party. Their ideas still fall short, but I like their potential, which is better than the Reps or Dems. Also they would more likely pass the FairTax act (HR25).
665245
Probably Clinton or Gore.  The way things are going, by 2008, the country will be begging the democrats to please please take over and make things right, no matter who they nominate.
1001695
It wont matter if you people get a democrat or republican in there as most of your voting machines are fixed and both main candidates are chosen by the New World Order global elitists.  Your 2 leading candidates are like 2 arms on the same body and are there to give you an impression that you actually have a choice, when in fact you don't. Whether they are democrat or republican they push forward a  global agenda.  Bush and Kerry were both Skull and Bones brothers and also family cousins.  It would not have mattered which got in. Your question is therefore  redundant.
825655
The Noe and Theo Cons have usurped traditional Republican beliefs. You have to wonder what is going on when the John Birch Society is more closely aligned with the Democrats on most issues. Everything bad in the world is Clinton's fault, except for the 8 years of Peace, Prosperity and a Budget surplus.
632147
Republicans...be sorry????\n\nNot until the end of days.
1086460
I think if done professionally Republicans can raise good points. If you are looking for them on here, on either side, you will be sorely mistaken. People let their emotions control the real need for solution.
277943
A Democrat.  With Bush's ratings falling so low the Republican Party is going to take a beating in the next presidential election.
1043027
Oh absolutely. The cure for liberalism is education and intelligence. As long as Democrats can keep people poor and hopeless, and blame "the Man" then they have a constituency. When people are not desperate, it's too difficult to pull the wool over their eyes.
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Republican\n\nthe Democratic party has taken on too many "fringe" organizations and has alienated people who used to vote independently.\n\nIndependents can't raise the money needed
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You make a very good point.  They have created such a mess:  the war, the deficit, the alienation of the US from the rest of the world...  It won't be easy to clean up and the right-wing spin doctors will be creating controversy and undermining every honest effort the Democrats make.  Maybe the right-wing has learned a lesson but I seriously doubt it.
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Mission accomplished if both parties work together to fix immigration, the war, wasteful spending, keep taxes lower, etc.\nThen a balance of power between the 2 parties will be good.  \nThe Dems did not like their absence of power and thwarted the GOP.  I hope they are happier now and more willing to compromise.
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Rudolph Guilliani. He's also a Republican which makes it a double plus. I do not trust the Democrats to run the country well. They're wusses - no gumption and selling the country out.
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There are a lot of serious problems that need fixing.\nYour opening question, asking if the U.S. Government works for Americans, leads me to answer: NO.\nThe government works for itself, it's own special interest groups and any business, social or religious group that feeds it cash.\n\nPresident Bush showed signs of a good leader while Governor of Texas.\nOnce he entered the arena of Beltway politics, he was overwhelmed by the personal agendas of savvy bureaucrats.\nI don't say this to excuse his decisions, because he is still Commander-in-Chief, meaning the buck stops with him.\nBut the dynamics of Washington politics is so great, one person cannot make a difference.\n\nStill, the slow deterioration of civil rights over the past two decades, the lack of leadership, the ignorance of domestic problems all indicate that no party (Democrat or Republican) wants to take charge and work FOR the people.\n\nInstead, the nation's leaders use a bait-and-switch method.\nProblems with illegal immigrants? \nLet's focus on gay marriage!\nThe economy and health care in ruins?\nLet's drum up more funding for homeland security.\nYou get the idea.\n\nOur leaders also use divide-and-conquer tactics to keep us polarized from working together to start a third party that might bring more accountability into government.\nThink about it: \nIf you are Republican, you are automatically labeled neocon.\nIf you are a Democrat, then you must be a liberal.\nNo room for people with moderate views, those who work towards compromise, in the best interest of ALL people.\n\nBottom line:\nelected officials find it easier to fool the public with some hot-button issue (remember flag burning?) rather than tackle serious problems.\n\nUntil we put aside our differences in social and religious issues and focus on domestic business, education, health care and infrastructure, we're doomed to go the way Rome did, centuries ago.\nOnly, this time, it will be the American people fiddling while this country burns to the ground.