The fight for the soul of the GOP is on.
The 1998 elections were a dramatic illustration of two Republican parties — a failing Congressional party and its allies tied irrevocably to the religious right and losing ground year after year, and a thriving Governors’ party, where inclusion, problem-solving and compassion are winning by huge margins and religious right adherents are being purged. The question after the election is this — which party will now take over?
“‘All these religious right candidates running for president in 2000 — John Ashcroft, Gary Bauer, Steve Forbes, Dan Quayle and Bob Smith — shouldn’t bother packing their bags for New Hampshire this morning,’ said Richard Tafel. ‘If the religious right continues to dominate the party in 2000, we will not only lose the White House yet again, we will probably lose the Congress. The question is — do the Republicans want to win elections anymore? If they do, we need a change in leadership in Congress.’”
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