I can't share Jonah's glee at the Democratic Party's leftward ho:
Meanwhile, the Daily Kos and its lesser imitators are moving what we call liberalism to the left. They're doing this mostly by pulling the Democratic party to the left. Michael Barone points out that this is good news for Bush. I think it may be a sign of even better news for conservatives.The fly in the ointment is that at some point my party will have to meet fiscal discipline, at which point we'll promptly get our ass handed to us. Americans don't like fiscal discipline at home or in their government, thank you very much.
This means that we'll get a Democratic president and he or she will be more leftish than would otherwise be necessary. Hillary will probably be grandmothered in, having already proven her liberal credentials. But for a moderate like Joe Biden? He'll have to quote Marx approvingly while hopping on one leg.
What's bad for the Democratic party is also bad for pro-lifers. Although it is hard to imagine the Dem's moving to the left on abortion, for the sake of argument let's say the party wants to allow a mother to kill her child for up to one year after birth (using the Trojan horse "the health of the mother", which would presumably include having to shop at Costco). The Republicans would then counter with "we don't believe in killing children older than four months!" and come out smelling like the proverbial rose. Not good.
We need two healthy parties.
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