"My new rule of thumb - while a "big tent" is necessary to win, in the current enivornment the prize of winning just isn't all that valuable."
So why don't you just put up a big "Kerry for President" sign?
National or Statewide office = vote Republican
Local office = vote Conservative, no matter what the party.
3rd Parties are not viable nationally.... yet. For the time being National/Statewide elections are monopolized by the two party cabal.
3rd Party viability has to start at the local level and grow from there.
Its not that hard to figure out. In general, a large portion of the fiscal spending problem stems from the 9/11 terror attack and the WOT. as for the portion created by the medicare mess, I don't believe ANYONE has come up with an answer to that, and at least W. has steered it slightly in the general direction of a market based system.
as for a "Santorum-Ashcroft axis" or "legislating either the Old Testament or the dictates of the Vatican" sund more like the rantings of a athiest/lefty.
...."against moralism in foreign policy".....is he talking about G.W.?
to blame G.W. for government subsidies is like blaming G.W. for 9/11.
I don't think its about winning a prize. its more about not losing a cultural war.
Vote Bush or start learning French.