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After much speculation and suspense, the replacement for Sen. Clinton has been announced. There are a couple of interesting aspects here. Caroline Kennedy did not get the job, shockingly, even though the Democratic party, as much as they claim to be against privilege, have even more nepotism than the Republican party, possible due to their political machine roots. Kennedy apparently also had tax problems, which is endemic to the Democratic party these days. Apparently that's why they don't mind raising taxes, they just use their political connections to avoid paying them. Seriously, the list is getting kinda long. Rangel, Geithner and Kennedy so far have all had similar issues, and I think there is a least one more that is slipping my mind right now.
The position instead went to yet another moderate Democrat. While I am personally pleased with this(she was endorsed by the NRA), I wonder when the real consequences for the Democrats are going to start piling up. There have already been signs of it, but the fault lines for a real split are there.
I'd love to see the moderate parts of both parties form a unity party, like Kadima in Israel, the left start calling themselves what they are, socialists, and for the right wing of the Republican party join with the Libertarians, though I'd be shocked to see that actually happen.
It will be interesting to see if President Obama does face a rebellion in is own party, and if so, how he deals with it.
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It would be interesting to see how the republican party reacts to such an event if it were to happen. I wonder if Obama himself would identify with the new party since it would be almost the middle ground.
I think a lot of people would love to see it. The Republican party is made up of three parts that hate each other, moderates, the right and libertarians. From Obama's actions so far, it appears that he's a centrist, who had to posture left for the primary.
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