On Mar 11, 7:54*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

I think its a serious concern (deep wounding of the 2 party system)
but maybe the next election will see the R moderates reassert, and the
America haters tone it down. At the State and local level there are
some mixed signs, as Rs have to deal with the practical issues of
governing, that RNC and the ideologues can gloss over. There are Govs
and some R congressmen that seem to be making these shifts away from
the lockstep march into oblivion the shock jocks are stage managing.
It could take a while. Remember that it took a while for the
Democratic Leadership project of the Clintons to start to pay off in
terms of making the internal moderating compromises with the diverse
special interest groups, while keeping the party focused on mainstream
issues with broad appeal. The key now for the Ds is to deliver more
effective government at a price the country can afford, and social
progress that unites rather than divides. And that can only happen if
the Ds can get the cleaned up, private sector economic engine
restarted. For now the R radicals seem bound and determined to be AWOL
from that job.

Dave