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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: jackhach who wrote (399044)	4/25/2003 1:53:36 PM
From: Mark Konrad	Read Replies (2) of 769670

No, and this may be amusing: You and I might not be that far apart. The "labels" have changed significantly over the years. What's called a "moderate" in the GOP now is actually LESS conservative than many Democrats were during Reagan's time and the Democrats are more factionalized than ever. Reagan was at the spending-mercy of the Congress and complained bitterly over and over about not having the "line-item veto" (something that was finally given to President Clinton). We have yet to see GW exert any real authority over spending except to open the floodgates for the military in the wake of 911. It's not accurate anymore to simply say "Republicans are all conservatives" without a reference point. The problem for the Democrats, and this is a HUGE problem, is that they no longer have a reliable base and no coherent ideology. The leadership has moved so far to the left that the GOP was able to successfully steal the middle (which used to be called the "JFK Legacy"). One of my concerns is that we are becoming less of a two-party system and more of a "one middle party and one far-left party" system. But that's just my opinion--MK--

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