I have no real proof of this, but I've gathered anecdotally that members of Congress and state legislators of the republican party can expect a great deal of trouble if they do not toe the party line. Peter Fitzgerald was a Senator in the seat that Barack Obama now holds. One term. He was elected as the republican party nominee. He almost immediately got in trouble with the party and when re-election time came the party renounced him. then state party treasurer on the question of him running: "I can be very encouraging, and I can be very discouraging" To me it sounded like a public warning that he shouldn't bother. And he didn't.
The democrats have a reputation of being more divided.
Does one party have more strict discipline than the other and is this a good thing?
Do officeholders of one party have more freedom of conscience than the other?
Republicans guide themselves by self appointed convictions. Dems have no convictions but to themselves.
edit: Republicans have to live up things like being a christian most of the time, pro life etc...
Dems most don't have religious convictions, and pro-choice means choice not one way or the other like a conviction would be.
Reply:the Democratic party is more democratic than the Republican party
does that surprise you?
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