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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Lane3 who wrote (7421)	12/19/2005 7:44:34 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) of 541957

Another danger of being a partisan who wants to see his/her agenda dominate the public domain - once you back a candidate, he can file you away under "reliable supporter" then tack away from your position, safe in the knowledge that you have nowhere else to go except fracturing your party and lessening your chances of remaining the dominant party in public life. Of course, when your victories are razor-thin and you haven't built a true 60%+ durable majority, alienating the base means your odds of repeating 51% victories poll after poll go way down. 2006 will be the litmus test for the Republican party - I suspect some candidates will move away from him toward the center, while others will go back to the pro-ideology crowd. The result is likely to be a muddle. A muddle versus a (Democratic) mess - welcome to American politics today.

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