Politics in 2014 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The personalization of politics has always been with us - especially at the Presidential level - because getting personal works (both for and against). While many liberal voters voted for Obama because of his ethnicity, many Republicans - form Mitch McConnell on down - oppose his every move for the same reason. Even behind the scenes, politics is personal - especially if you have a check book and your name is David or Charles Koch. The upside is that these funds often give the GOP an extreme set of Senate candidates - which will make the 2014 election very interesting indeed. Chicago '68 was nasty - but that was not about Democratic Party politics - but about Mayor Daley's ego.
On health care reform, there has already been great success, given the December enrollment numbers. One wonders how long the Republicans will run against a program that will actually be working. I suspect not very well.
As the GOP becomes an increasingly old white male party its prospects are grim. Only its ultimate destruction will lead to a large Democratic Party splitting into factions on either economic issues or abortion (although I suspect the best way to be pro-life while progressive is to work for a living wage for families based on the number of children. Do that and there won't be anyone wanting abortions unless they are medically necessary (and medically necessary defeats the argument of intrinic evil).
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