Republicans

The other major party in the American political scene are the Republicans, or GOP. The republicans are on the other side of the political spectrum when compared with the Democrats, and this in turn makes interesting politics to watch.

In my opinion, the GOP have two key strengths as a party. The first is their abilty to have consensus among its party members about issues. If the heads of the party want them to vote no on something, they most likely will. The second major strength the party has is its fiscal responsibility. The GOP for the most part is very strict with the governments and tax payers money, and I view that as a highly favorable thing.

Alas, they also have 2 very big weaknesses as this very moment. The first is there ever increasing inability to change, or atleast meet the Democrats at the middle. This was seen very clearly in healthcare, as President Obama tried to make it a multi-party bill, while the GOP opposed the idea at every moment. Their second weakness is the fact that they are letting the Tea Party movement grow. Bad idea I think, because letting a group of people who act as dumb as they want to influence your politics means your party will suffer, period end of story.

Democrats

The Democratic party is an extremely interesting party to take an at-a-glance view of. There are both positive and negatives about the party, but when combined with Republicans, create a fun to watch political enviroment.

In my view, their strengths include an ability to adapt their party platform to the current needs of society, and the other is their progressive attitude towards law making. Both of these can be seen In the recent passage of the Health Care Bill. The Democrats saw a need to create a bill, and saw that they would have the publics support of the bill, and while it took them a long time, passed it through both houses and into law. This being said however, there are definently some negatives to the Democratic party. One is their inability to have a general consent on certain issues, and the other is their lack of discipline. Both of these negativly effect the democratic party on the national stage. This was also seen during the passage of the Health Care Bill, where it seemed Nancy Pelosi had her hands full just trying to pull votes from her own party. The Democrats have always been an interesting party to watch, and hopefully will be for the foreseable future.