Dysfunctional democracy

The underlying issue is that the GOP flat out doesn't regard democracy as legitimate. Everything from the 'voter fraud' fraud to DREs that "misregister" Democratic votes as Republicans (but never the other way around) stems from this. It's impossible to have a functional democracy and good governance if half the power elite and 30+% of the population hold anti-democratic, illiberal, ideologies that range from Straussianism and theocratism to outright fascism.

As far as the GOP is concerned, democracy is a tool to legitimate their right to rule rather than a legitimate means to make collective political decisions. Until Republican elites are prepared to accept democracy as a legitimate means of making collective political decisions then there can be no improvement in American politics.

Wandering Cynic October 18, 2008 - 6:42pm