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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The national Republican party has gone off the rails and abandoned the patrician moderate Republicans in Montgomery County.

This has made running as a Republican in MoCo a toxic proposition. Hence, the entire MoCo governance structure is dominated by Democrats.

So no, I don't think MoCo has lurched leftward. But if you're a thinking adult who is interested in winning political office in MoCo, you know you need to run as a Dem or Independent.[/quote]

I agree and disagree.  If you wish to win in MoCo, you must run as a Democrat.  [b]But I also think the political leaders in MoCo have moved leftward.[/b]  There are as narrow in their thinking as Trump supporters.  They are all looking for something to complain about.  Many wish they could be in Congress but getting elected to Congress from MoCo is particularly given the talent around here.  MoCo needs to catch up with its peers in the neighboring counties and jurisdictions.

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Maybe if the national Republican party moved toward the center, then Democrats in MoCo would actually have strong challengers from moderate Republicans? Of course the current leadership will move leftward when the real race is the Democratic primary. Primaries bring out ideologues.

Republicans/conservatives have no one to blame except themselves for this debacle. Get your house in order on the national level and then maybe you'll start being a real challenger in MoCo politics. Otherwise, register as Democrat so you can campaign for and elect moderate Democrats in Montgomery County.

Republicans in Congress are more conservative at any time in the party's modern history, according the DW-NOMINATE methodology. Meanwhile, Congressional Democrats are about as "liberal" as the party has been historically. The data doesn't lie: https://voteview.com/parties/all

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