Kimberly Said:

does the formation of the tea party give Democrats a better chance at getting their presedent in?

We Answered:

no, because the TeaParty is not a true "3rd Party". it is serving more like a Watch Dog group, ensuring that that the most Conservative candidates are nominated for Republican tickets. It's getting conservative leaning voters active in politics like we've never seen before. And personally, I feel that will help the Republican party in the end.

Terrance Said:

Describe, briefly, the formation and development of the Republican party?

We Answered:

The Party held its first convention in 1856 and nominated a presidential candidate (John Fremont). The Republicans were made up of antislavery "free Democrats", members of the defunct Whig Party and supporters of the short-lived American or "Know Nothing" Party. The nickname "Grand Old Party" came into popular use in the 1888 presidential campaign.

Ian Said:

How long will it take for liberals to realize that the Tea Party Movement is America's rejection of Obama?

We Answered:

What makes you think the liberals don't realize it? Why do you think we keep pointing out that the tea partiers are all white? We get it. We just think the "movement" is frightened, racist, ludicrous, uninformed, resentful, focusing their anger in the wrong place and having trouble accepting reality.

Matthew Said:

How did the formation of the Republican party help lead to the secession of South Carolina?

We Answered:

The Republican Party had two issues on their platform: Outlaw slavery in new territories and keep marriage between one man and one woman (this was about Mormon Utah). That was all.
When Lincoln was elected President, what else was the South to think? A man who wanted to outlaw slavery. So, fearing the inevitable, the South seceded before slavery could be outlawed, South Carolina first.

Karl Said:

What resulted in the formation of the Republican Party?

We Answered:

The founding event of the Republican Party is a matter of some dispute. Some point to a mass meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin in March 1854; others cite a later gathering in Jackson, Michigan. In any event, there appeared to be a spontaneous outpouring of anger following passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Large public meetings were held in numerous Northern communities, some of which used the term “Republican.”

Howard Said:

Looking back in history, was the formation of the Republican party necessary?

We Answered:

Yes, its formation was necessary to ensure that the anti-slavery movement had a true voice in the political discourse at the time. The Whigs were basically in shambles with members defecting to various other parties over the slavery issue. Without the formation of the Republican Party, the Southern conservative wing of the Democratic Party would wield considerable power in maintaining the status quo as well as to push for further expansion of slavery in the American Southwest.

Now, mind you, the modern GOP bares no philosophical nor political resemblance to the original "Party of Lincoln." In fact, it was considered "liberal" when it first formed, advocating for equal rights for blacks after the end of slavery and the aggressive approach to Reconstruction in the South. Though the GOP would adopt "laissez faire" economics after the end of Reconstruction, it would not truly complete its rightward shift until after the civil rights movement, with bitter white racists fleeing the Democratic Party and joining the country club Republicans in droves, all part of Nixon's "Southern Strategy."

Glen Said:

Formation of the Republican Party?

We Answered:

The republican party was founded on the premise that our nation is a republic. Our founding fathers were very careful to not use the word democracy in the constitution because they envisioned a country of law, not popular whim.
Yes, we are also a representative democracy but unlike a pure democracy which is strictly governed by majority rule, a republic is governed by laws.
The southern states believed that since their "majority" of voters agreed that slavery was right, (even though slaves had no say in the matter) that slavery should remain the law of the land. Those who chose the republican view understood that the majority are not always right and that laws should prevail and got laws passed making slavery illegal
The southern states also used the argument that the federal government had no legal right to make laws controlling their state rights to own slaves for their mainly agricultural existence and were willing to secede from the union to assert their authority.