Thanks to Doc for this link to Chris Nolan.
[ Chris Nolan - Politics from Left to Right ]
Over in the House, conservative Republicans run the show. And the House works closely with the White House which is making no bones about its agenda for the next two years. So political power in opposition to the Bush administration is going to be wielded by a handful of moderate Republican Senators who will find their strongest allies in the Democratic Party. In this you see the beginnings here of something that’s already being talked about in California: Bipartisan politics. The far left falls away because it can’t get anything done; it’s too busy looking back to the 1970s. The far right falls away because its politics aren’t viable, it’s too busy trying to recreate the 1950s. Both are principled but they don’t have the votes they need to get what they want.
This post is a good read, and a dead-on analysis of both parties. Reading this, I can see more clearly why I’m so cynical of both established parties. Neither one, in my humble opinion, offers anything to the fiscally conservative and socially tolerant voters. Both cater to special interests to the point of absurdity, rendering both devoid of any real moral fiber, again, in my humble opinion.
