No one needs the middle
Everyone out there, like me, who is not attached to the extreme ends of a political party... well, we're irrelevant right now. The question for the next several months is who will be the Republican Presidential Candidate. As I sit back and watch the carnival, I know that any thoughts I have are irrelevant to the crowd of Presidential-hopefuls who run right... and then even further to the right as the chase the "base" of the Republican party.
As it stands, the "base" of the Republican party is the so-called Tea Party. What we know is that this is not a new movement, but a recycling of the same cultural conservative group that has supported the Republican Party for years.
What would be nice would be for the political parties to actually give a damn what the majority of America thinks, but that is beyond wishful thinking at this point.
Oh, by the way, people might want to check out Republican Presidential Hopeful Buddy Roemer. Doesn't look like a total nutjob (but since he is not a major player, we haven't heard of the skeletons in his closet).