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Originally posted by Not Me
I think we need more than that. We need at least 4 parties:
1) social conservative/fiscal conservative
(i.e., right wing of the Rep party)
2) social liberal/fiscal conservative
(i.e., libertarian wing of the Rep party)
3) social liberal/fiscal liberal
(i.e., left wing of the Dem party)
4) social conservative/fiscal liberal
(i.e., religious Dems, like Lieberman and American Catholics).
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Sure, but in a winner-take-all, single-member-district system, four inevitably merge to two. And we're back to where we are or an equally basterdized amalgam of social liberals vs. conservatives, with spending priorities all over the map.
