The Hill Street Blahg

Good Op-ed explaining the divisiveness within the political parties and how Mitt Romney’s pulling out of the Republican Primaries is bringing the Republican Party together. The article goes on to explains how the Democratic Party is divided on non-issues while the Republican Party has been divided on issues. You can read the entire article by linking below.

The Wall Street Journal - Divided They Run by Kimberley Strassel

Give the media credit for getting the political story line right this election. Now if only they’d applied it to the correct party.

Division, disunity, the potential end of an era — these were the watchwords for the GOP in 2008. The election was supposed to break the Republican Party, maybe even bring an end to the Reagan coalition.

Mitt Romney’s withdrawal yesterday instead ends a spirited GOP debate. John McCain faces a big challenge unifying and rallying his base, but his Super Tuesday wins show he’s making some progress. Mr. Romney’s gracious withdrawal, and the senator’s faultless address yesterday to the Conservative Political Action Conference, should help. It’s also notable that Mr. McCain’s support, such as it is, is coming from all three legs of that old Reagan stool — defense hawks, fiscal conservatives and values voters.

The party with a meat cleaver down its middle is the Democrats. That was the takeaway of Tuesday’s exit polls, which magnified what have become yawning divisions. Hillary Clinton gets women; Barack Obama gets men. Mrs. Clinton gets Hispanics; Mr. Obama blacks. Mrs. Clinton gets blue-collar workers; Mr. Obama higher income voters. Mrs. Clinton gets older citizens; Mr. Obama younger ones.