Is there more disunity in the Democratic party or the Republican party?

[Mass_Liberal]

Certainly the current image is that of increasing Democratic disunity. Is this just because of media bias, or are the republicans more unified? What do youses think?

[vi5]

1. It's a chicken or the egg thing.....

Because some dems are more aware of the way the media works and will frame things, they are quicker to jump on other dems for a chance at appearing "moderate" on the national stage. In other words, someone like Biden or Leiberman recognizes that their self-serving mugs will get on TV quicker if they criticize fellow dems than if they show any kind of party loyalty or unity.

So then it feeds into this media notion of the dems as lacking unity and allows them to somehow present people like Biden and Leiberman as these lone voices of moderation in the extremist wilderness of the Democratic Party, while also talking about how we lack unity. Well which is it? If People like Leiberman and Biden are such exiled voices of centrism within the party, how can they also paint us as a bunch of wild eyed extremists?

[KingFlorez]

2. It's in both

I think it exist in both, but probably more in the Republican Party. I think we tend to alienate the more centrist or moderate conservative members of the party and it's those members we need to win votes. I think we actually have an opportunity to do something about it, where the Republicans are moving further and further to the right, because the form the government and think the nation is far right.

[Dinger]

3. Some Call It Disunity; I Call It Independent Thinking (nt)

[dragonkeep]

4. We Dems are pretty vocal on championing our favorite candidates...

and it's played by the media as a serious disunity. You know the truth, we will squabble about all kinds of things until the big moment when we will get behind OUR Democratic candidate and do what it takes to make a difference in our AMERICAN future.

I wouldn't exchange our position for the Republicans for all the tea in China. Their's is a split that is a fight for the future of their party, either a return to the more centrist, libertarian wing of the party or selling their souls to the Christian Taliban. I don't think the good guys are going to win anytime soon in their party and unless we can get them out of the majority sections of the Congress, AMERICA and the world are going to pay a steep price for the failure of the Republican party to rein in their extremists.

[dchill]

5. Democrats are the Party of Disunity...

...is only the result of Republican branding.

But if you look at THEM lately...

[Gothmog]

6. I am not a member of an organized political party, I am a democrat

Will Rodgers had it right. We are not organized but that is what is great about the party

[Mitt Chovick]

7. It's 50/50

although sometimes it's more on the Right, other times it's more on the Left. Which averages out to 50/50

[election_2004]

8. It's definitely split in both parties

Which is why all bets are off for 2008, and the presidential nominees from both parties could be major wild cards.

Despite the MSM's salivating over the "inevitability" of a Hillary/Frist slugfest.