The Republican Party's Dilemma in Small Elections

On Tuesday, Democrat Donna Degan won the mayor's race in Jacksonville, Florida. Ali Vitali: The extremist wing of the Republican Party has trafficked in hyper-partisan rhetoric across every level of American politics. He says Republicans have lost numerous races because they haven't shifted their stance on an issue that we have known for decades is popular with the American people. Vidal: Extremist Republicans are a very loud and disproportionately influential minority who would like the rest of us to believe that they're actually part of what we used to think of as the silent majority.