Early Observations 14 MAR 2009

I think that in the next decade or so, one of the reformations will be that of a new, more viable, center-right conservative party. A split from the Democrats of their most socially and fiscally conservative members will merge with disaffected former centrist Republicans. An analogy would be Germany's Christian Democrat Party. This will also push the Democratic Party further left, and as power corrupts the Dems (as it did Bush 2), a more competent conservatism can be a viable alternative. The new Conservative Party would spend more time working, and less time hating. The pragmatism of the coming 1T will shape this (I Like Ike).