Diminishing Parties

For the question this week I really thought hard wondering if there was ever a way that the Republican party could ever be that completely useless that it could not even legitimately run for office of the presidency, or even be a factor in congress. The question posed is very intriguing, but is it really even realistic that a party which held majority in congress, and a two term president just years ago is now being even considered useless? I feel that the Republican party is far to large, and has much to big a history to just be forgotten about and considred as not being powerful. This is how government works, there is going to be a change in power, which is what makes how our government is set up so great. No one individual can become to strong, and along with that no one party can be too strong either. Although the way todays government is being run it may seem that a party is to strong, and not all people are being equally represented. In order to truly consider this a legitimate question we need to look at the broad picture of government, which as stated in the notes there has been a shifting of power. We also need to look at the nation as a whole, and just our state or our city, where democrats reign. When looking at the United States as a whole the republicans still hold power in key areas, and with holding such a power they can never be not considered a powerful party. They are one of the parties this country was built upon and without having these parties in our government the government essentially becomes useless because there is so much power handed to one group with one agenda. Because the democrats have been successful in gaining a majority in congress and winning the presidency is a great feat, but just another change in our government, one which is sure to reverse in years to come.