tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post3181716254110923155..comments2023-08-20T06:58:37.168-05:00Comments on Trail Blazing After 40: The Future of the Two Party System: Food for ThoughtDaktarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291715601733518982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-85528801536955483402008-11-01T08:57:00.000-05:002008-11-01T08:57:00.000-05:00I think the GOP embrace of Palin will be short-liv...I think the GOP embrace of Palin will be short-lived. It's totally a novelty/star factor that is <em>already</em> fading. I think reports of a republican schism are a bit early, though we can always hope.<br><br>I think it'd be great to have a strong 3rd party -- as you know -- and 4th and 5th and 18th, but the structural problems of it in the US are such that I think any ventures into 3rd Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-65335457882460203472008-11-01T21:00:00.000-05:002008-11-01T21:00:00.000-05:00Well, I tend to think you are right about Palin be...Well, I tend to think you are right about Palin being a flash in the pan, but it is also possible that she might fracture the far right and take them with her. That would make her faction the real fringe element.I would welcome a more moderate Republican Party, which I think is going to happen one way or another. <br><br>I really don't know what it takes to make a viable third party and I don'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com