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Republocrats: the Republican Party has become a virtual clone of the Democratic Party. One administration may be replaced by another, but there are no major policy shifts.(Party Politics)(Cover Story)

The New American

| March 08, 2004 | Behreandt, Dennis | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

An examination of Democratic and Republican Party politics in recent decades shows that, no matter how far to the left the Republicans more, the Democrats move even further to the left, enabling both the liberal-left politicians and the major media to continue portraying the Republicans as conservative. Each new bipartisan "compromise" becomes the new "conservative" position justifying future "compromises" that will move the country even further to the left. In fact, over time it has become increasingly difficult to detect any substantive differences between the two major parties.

Political rhetoric and appearances aside, the U.S. government has become more ...

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