Who are more likely to think outside the partisan box? Republicans or Democrats?
Put another way: who are more likely to cast their vote based on a critical examination of the issues (ie, not voting out of blind partisan allegiance)?
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Definately Democrats. Part of the problem with a 'Democratic controlled Congress' is that ordering Democrats is like herding cats. Sen. Ben Nelson (Nebraska, Dem.) votes with Republicans very frequently. The Democratic party doesn't have the same sort of Party loyalty that the Right has.
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I would say both as well. Also both have their own partisans *cough* fanboys/fangirls *cough* that would rather be damned than been seen flirting with the opposite. But good thing there is always the ones willing to listen and not follow...
I thought he made a big deal of being the most consistently conservative person in Congressional history. That's the opposite of thinking outside the partisan box.
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I think it is more of an individual thing than party thing. I beleive parties kill this kind of thinking anyways
I'd say the dems are the most consistent, but largely hold to party line just as much as the reps. The fact that the political center has shifted so far right in America probably means that dems really just look outside the box because they represent constituents who are much further left than is Washington DC. I certainly don't think there is more originality or dissenting voices within the party establishment of the democrats vs the republicans.
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