The problem with the Republican Party is that they have become synonymous with two things: Cronyism, and fanatical religion. This is, obviously, thanks to bush.

I believe both of these issues display the same problem, and that is blindly making decisions based upon preexisting beliefs, regardless of any new occurrences/information that may have materialized.

One example of this would be Bush's veto of embryonic stem cell research. Bush had not vetoed a bill in his entire presidency, but he chose to impose his personal religious beliefs on something that a majority of the country supported. Whatever happened to "Separation of Church and State"?

The problem here is that if you can't trust a party to think logically, you can't trust the party. Yes, each party has stances on issues, but it's the great presidents that are able to compromise in order to accomplish what they deem is in the best interest of the COUNTRY, not their particular affiliation's most extreme, unyielding interests.

Well, Republican party (it's original cause) is not outdated. as times change, social issues and beliefs change. In this time, where there's sex, violence, and vulgor humor everywhere, the Republicans are the one who decided to take a stance on it. although, as we see over the years, Democrats have had just as much a hand in censoring our culture as Republicans have. really, now, the only issue is on whether children should read a story book about a gay couple.

It seems that Democrat or Republican, the politicians tend to be Conservative. Hell, Obama is against gay marriage but wants to leave it to State's rights, while McCain wanted to give benefits to gay couples, just not name them married. Both are conservative views on the issues, and one man is considered very liberal while the other is considered Center Right.

The key point on the Republicans is small government but stronger military. Also the American system (what it was called back in the old days). If people really find Capitalism and advanced weaponry outdated... i'm afraid of what country they would like America to be. I mean, i understand the Democratic view on regulating the market more, but Capitalism is still a must... at least, IMO... and trust me, that's not outdated (Lulz, i would be a Republican if all this social crap didn't get in the way).

No, the Republican party is not outdated. Allot of the news and media would like you to think that it is, so that maybe it eventually will be but the answer is no.

The values of the republican party are the values that this country was founded on, conservative values that is. If you don't know that you don't know your history.