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To: dvdw© who wrote (339946)	1/7/2003 11:01:09 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

I should point out that Mr. Ventura presented himself as something of a libertarian, rather conservative. Not at all liberal. After he was elected he surrounded himself with centrist and liberal democrats but that's another story. It will be a long time before another independent Governor is elected here. The experiment was not considered a success. I doubt that the emerging candidate will win as a libertarian, . . . Mr Venturas' election to the governorship of Minnesota was the blue print to the true wild card in American politics, his winning % came from the Non Voting Majority and from both the major parties whose membership defected in frustration with the politics of that present.

To: dvdw© who wrote (339946)	1/7/2003 11:02:16 PM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Interesting rationale that rings true. Do you have links to national pollsters?

To: dvdw© who wrote (339946)	1/7/2003 11:14:17 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Sorry. If it was going to happen anytime since the Whigs disappeared 150+ years ago, there are dozens of eras that would have been far more likely than today. The mega-change that's coming is the move of the Democrats away from the Marxist/Leninist anti-American left that has held them tightly by the balls since 1970. There is a huge vacuum for a loyal opposition to the Republicans, who will pretty-much hold all 3 branches until the Democrats have rebuilt themselves and, driven the oak stake through their Clintonesque image. That could take a decade or more. Their 1964 is ahead of them, in 2004. After that, watch for signs of a renaissance in the party that holds the record, having survived continuously for over 2 centuries...