Poll: Do you agree with Sen Corker saying the GOP is in a "cult-like situation?"

[Mr. Smith]

That's how parties work, and why the GOP has consistently elected Presidents even when they lost 4 of those times.

The big-tent and non-cultishness cost of a lot capital for Democrats. Meanwhile when FDR, JFK, LBJ, Clinton and Obama did have clout and went for it...lots of things got done given the opposition.

[Mr. Smith]

well duh, that's just how parties are when they have a good figurehead.

[Mr. Smith]

So? the GOP have always been the single-minded party on something vs. the "big tent" Democrats which are nearly impossible to herd.

That's probably why they lost 4 elections but still got their guy in.

But when Obama was the shiny Apple gadget in '08 - '09, when Bill could do no wrong to the point of even being "the first black President"...the things that got done. The deification of JFK arguably was what defeated Goldwater and got The Great Society rolling, even if LBJ was an excellent craftsman.

Now contrast the status of Carter.