There's a larger point that Goldberg is making. The only way for healthy ideas and policies to be developed within the political system is if both parties work to offer an intelligent, feasible outlook on the nation's path and future. This is done within the larger context of intense but loyal and patriotic competition.
The reason the Republican Congress and, to a lesser extent, the Bush Administration, have passed such mediocre legislation is because they've become intellectually lazy. They've been able to sink to that state because the Democrat Party has become such a joke.
It doesn't take serious thought to win a debate with a simpleton.
>>It doesn't take serious thought to win a debate with a simpleton.
I hope that's true! Again, we'll see come this November...
let's hope it's not another case of "the party out of power
making gains"
I couldn't agree more!
For the past 12 years the Canadian Conservatives were splintering and then re-forming, all the while trying to find some coherent message to tell voters. While the party struggled internally the Liberals had no real effective opposition. The result was arrogance that led eventually to a culture that enabled corruption.
Even the best political parties need to be opposed by competant and patriotic opposition. The nature of the political beast and it's willingness to act in it's own interests when unchecked demands it.
The further left the Democratic Party goes, the further left the Republican Party will drift into that murky middle. Then at the voting booth you have a choice between socialists and a big spending Republican Party. I wish the Democrats would move right so the Republicans would start acting like Republicans again.
That's a good point. As a conservative first, it's not good for one party to have a monopoly on all conservative principles. It makes that party lazy and less likely to pander to conservatives (I mean "pander" in a good way.)