It's Jean-Marie. Not Marine. Yeah, why don't YOU learn something from Le Pen. Formed "his own" party in NINETEEN SEVENTY TWO.
And what did he do? Corral all the far right wing away from politics giving France 40 years of left vs. ultra-left debates.
And we don't have proportional coalition governments....and frankly...if your attitude prevailed in France, they couldn't have coalition governments there either because you would never form common cause with the "not right enough" people to get anything passed.
She got 18% and has every chance to siphon more voters from Sarkozy to build up Front National for the next time around.
When are we going to see an American Conservative party with 18%?
The two-party system is not a constitutional requirement in the US. There is certainly room for a right wing party, a left wing party and the R+D lemmings in the middle, 4 parties.
Further, even in the current political landscape, if the GOP knew that the RINOs do not get automatic endorsements from the conservatives, then they would find candidates that are acceptable to the right wing. Romney is not acceptable. The GOP politburo selected him precisely on the calculus that no matter how squishy-middle he gets, the conservatives will run back like beaten dogs. That arrogance has got to stop.