Nobody seems to think we are heading in the right direction.
We are often told that the government will end up being ruled from the middle, where everybody will be happy.
But we are being ruled from the middle, and it turns out NOBODY is happy. Liberals are still upset, and now conservatives are upset.
And moderates? Some are upset because upset is right in the middle between upset and upset.
Other moderates just haven't figured out which upset to be yet, so they aren't upset yet.
This is why, in the end, governing in the middle isn't a viable strategy. That and the fact that taking some ideas from each side gives you a result that is certain to fail.
We are spending too much. But that should make liberals happy, but they hate the war, and plus they simply hate that Bush is president.
What we are now learning is that the democrats won't be happy until democrats are in charge. So the republicans aught to be steering to the right, because they are just pissing off the ONLY PEOPLE who will every support them.
Wasn't it Alan Keyes who said that the only thing you find in a big tent is a bunch of clowns? That's the result when the legislators and the executive start pandering to the middle.
America has seen its greatest progress when conservative principles have been applied--Barry Goldwater, 1961.
Good summary of why the numbers are what they are BUMP!