\u201cWhat do you think has happened to your party?\u201d Harlow asked Luttig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nFrankly, I don\u2019t care about the Republican Party at all, except to the extent that the two political parties in America are the political guardians of democracy in our country. American democracy simply cannot function without two equally healthy and equally strong political parties. So, today, in my view, there is no Republican Party to counter the Democratic Party in the country. And for that reason, American democracy is in grave peril.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is no Republican Party?\u201d Harlow asked him. Luttig explained by outlining his view that \u201ca political party is a collection, an assemblage of individuals who share a set of beliefs and principles and policy views about the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday there is no such shared set of beliefs and values and principles, or even policy views, within the Republican Party for America,\u201d Luttig determined. \u201cUntil or unless the Republican Party can pull itself together into a credible Republican political party, we simply don\u2019t have two competing parties in America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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