In my opinion it seems that the trend for highly skilled persons with doctorates and other high levels of education is enormously detrimental to the Republican Party's image. The GOP is increasingly becoming a reactionary, evangelical, and predominately white organization that affords more political strength to outlets like Fox News and blowhards like Glenn Beck then to distinguished academia or politicians that actually have concrete plans for reform. The 2010 midterms may in fact change the power structure in Washington but I can't help think that if the GOP had a more established agenda with actual ideas for reform (Gringrich's Contract with America comes to mind), that this election won't be just a narrow victory but an absolute landslide.
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In my opinion it seems that the trend for highly skilled persons with doctorates and other high levels of education is enormously detrimental to the Republican Party's image. The GOP is increasingly becoming a reactionary, evangelical, and predominately white organization that affords more political strength to outlets like Fox News and blowhards like Glenn Beck then to distinguished academia or politicians that actually have concrete plans for reform. The 2010 midterms may in fact change the power structure in Washington but I can't help think that if the GOP had a more established agenda with actual ideas for reform (Gringrich's Contract with America comes to mind), that this election won't be just a narrow victory but an absolute landslide.
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