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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:K7iid.294493$wV.71039@attbi_s54...
I agree with you there, but it's my belief that Bush was ideologically vulnerable, and that a guy closer to the center (ala Gebhardt) would have at least grabbed enough of the popular vote (and people like me, who weren't 100% enthused with Bush) to have tipped the scales his way. If either party is able to nominate a centerist, they have an excellent shot at the presidency. The problem is that both parties are largely influenced by their more extreme factions. In the primary system, these folks are the ones who have the most influence (and money) to determine who will ultimately represent their party. Also, look at the difference in voter participation between primaries and general elections. You know that the hard-core left and right is going to participate, but I'll wager that the center is under-represented at that stage. What you end up with in a general election is usually a choice between the least scary of two extremes. In this past election, a strong centerist candiate (from either party) would have resulted in a landslide, rather that what we got. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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