LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS...SOME SAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS HEADING TO OR ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION? SIGNS OF TURBULENCE WITHIN THE GRAND OLD PARTY CAN BE SPOTTED ACROSS THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.
IN NEW YORK, THE DEMOCRATS NOW CONTROL ALL STATEWIDE ELECTIVE OFFICES AND NOW HAVE MAJORITY IN BOTH THE STATE SENATE AND STATE ASSEMBLY. MEANWHILE IN PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER HAS JUMPED THE REPUBLICAN SHIP AND HAS BECOME A DEMOCRAT. IN FACT, DEMOCRATS NOW CONTROL THE U.S. SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE PRESIDENCY.
DESPITE ALL OF THIS--AND TO PARAPHRASE MARK TWAIN—REPORTS ON THE DEMISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE HIGHLY EXAGGERATED. I THINK THE BEST YEARS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE YET TO COME BUT ONLY IF THE GOP REDEDICATES ITSELF TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT MADE IT GREAT--PRINCIPLES LIKE FISCAL DISCIPLINE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT.
IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS TRUE TO ITS BELIEFS---IT'S NOT ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION...IT'S ON THE VERGE OF DISTINCTION. WITH COMMENTARY...I'M DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN THE THIRD...THAT'S MY OPINION....WHAT'S YOURS?
