If you toss out the Constitution all we have left is "smart politics"
Then our Right's are as ambiguous as the term "smart politics"
And when that happens, what hope do we have left?
A lot better hope that if we lose the battle of the political jungle and Hillary, Kerry, or Lieberman takes the throne.
Well, I don't see how further damage to our Constitution plays into that.. But it's obvious that I am going to have to dissagree with you and Howlin.
I would like for you to think about this however. Gambling with our right's can be dangerous.
I believe that if the policies of the national Democratic party continue unchecked that within fifty years our government will collapse, just as the French monarchy did in the 1780's and the Soviet regime did in the 1980's, from the sheer weight of taxation and regulation.
If the policies of the national Republican party, as expressed not in platforms but in laws enacted, prevail, we will still have that collapse but perhaps within a hundred years rather than fifty.
In the long view there is little difference.