Talk:Restructuring of the U.S. political right

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 Definition A broad category of efforts to regain U.S. political dominance by various combinations of social, fiscal, and national security ideologies, generally seen as of the Right and possibly Republican Party (United States), as opposed to the center-left position of the Barack Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress [d] [e]
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Not sure about this

Reading the article thus far: there's no explanation of when this restructuring starts. I'm a bit wary of the title. Perhaps what we are really talking about here is the U.S. right post-Bush. I'm not sure what the title of the article should be - but something that gets to the fact that it's because of the Democrats now owning the House, Senate and Presidency that those on the right are doing some soul searching. I'm not even sure it's about the right wing - it's about the relationship between the Republican Party and right-wing constituents. Basically, whether or not the Republicans should blame the right or move further towards the right.

Some of the changes to the right seem to be related to the wholesale takeover of Washington by Obama and the DNC, but some seem to be historical contingency. The religious right seem to have a slight weakening of power with the death of Jerry Falwell, the fall from grace of Ted Haggard, the resignation of James Dobson from Focus on the Family and so on. I remember a few years ago, people actually seem concerned about what Pat Robertson had to say - especially with his comments after September 11th and his incitements to kill Hugo Chavez. Now he seems to say more crazy things than ever before, but nobody pays him much attention. I think Rachel Maddow said on MSNBC recently "yes, he's still alive" or words to that effect - the religious conservatives seem to have just shuffled off into obscurity a bit. But I'm not sure whether that is really because of the success of Obama. Compare that to the appointment of Michael Steele or the Tea Party movement, which seem more directly relevant. –Tom Morris 20:58, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

There hasn't been any real restructuring yet, although there is much talking. I'm entirely open to another title, but I don't think "soul-searching on the right" would work. "Right" is more general than "Republican", as some are talking about an overt Conservative Party.
Robertson may have made himself irrelevant, but take a look at the Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin articles for sourced comments on how they are presenting themselves to the Christian Right. For that matter, look at Christian Zionism, John Hagee, and Christians United For Israel.
Obviously, it's a work in progress. Tea Party Movement may well need its own article. Howard C. Berkowitz 21:06, 13 December 2009 (UTC)