[webber]

Why don't you become a spokesperson for the Republican Party? You are very articulate, and you hold nothing back which will give this GOP a "Spine" it hasn't had in a half-century or more, except during Ronald Reagan's Administration.

[nunya bidness]

Why don't you become a spokesperson for the Republican Party? You are very articulate, and you hold nothing back which will give this GOP a "Spine" it hasn't had in a half-century or more, except during Ronald Reagan's Administration.

That's one of the nicest things I've been told on this board. Thanks.

The "spine" you speak of is actively being presented (quite well IMHO) by Tom McClintock in California. The problem is he is being marginalized by flighty party hacks who wouldn't know leadership if it bit them in the butt.

The problem isn't the parties, per se, but rather the leadership. They are like Ghandi, waiting to see where their people are flocking and then running in front of them to deliver them to their fate.

Hard choices and tough times don't sell to the peanut gallery when they can get everything they need at the counter.

Better to call this the last gasp of a dying breed and form up elsewhere. It happened in the late 1800's and it appears to be happening again.

Plus ca change. Plus c'est la meme chose.