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Originally Posted by sthrnsweetie007
I personally think, that with the Democrats taking such a huge advantage with Congress and the Presidency....
It reminds me of when other political parties in history became lackluster and slowly started to lose their power. (Whigs, Tories, Progressives, the old Democrats and Republicans (back in the 1800s), and so on and so forth) so maybe this is just this Republican Party's time to fail, rise again from the ashes, and become a strong party?
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I think you're on to something here, but I don't think the Republican Party is down for the count.
Had the Democrats lost tonight, however, they might have been. Even as a Hillary voter in primaries, I have to admit Obama's candidacy has done some pretty exciting things for the Democratic Party, first and foremost energizing the youth vote. Hopefully that can last, and usher the US into a more active political era, either way.
Personally, although I liked Obama's speech very much, I also really liked John McCain's. Although there was a marked departure between his image before the campaign (likeable, sharp, thoughtful) and during (crotchety, confused, dismissive), there were also some shining moments of humanity in him, including his condemnation of the "arab/terrorist" labels. His concession speech was one of those moments. Maybe we didn't really lose the John McCain we thought we loved before. And honestly, although my candidate won, and I'm incredibly glad for that, I think McCain has served his country (in several ways) and that's something we should be, if not grateful for, at least respectful of.