THE REAL QUESTION IS: "WILL WE SEE A SUCCESSFUL SECOND PARTY IN OUR LIFETIME?"

GLENN REYNOLDS LINKS TO WR MEAD WHO ASKS:

October 12, 2013Will We See A Successful Third Party in Our Lifetimes?

THE REAL QUESTION IS: "WILL WE SEE A SUCCESSFUL SECOND PARTY IN OUR LIFETIME?"

ALMOST HALF THE GOP ARE RINO'S - LIKE MCCAIN AND PETER KING - WHO ARE AS OPPOSED TO REAGAN AS CARTER WAS.

THEY SUCK UP TO THE MSM AND CARRY WATER FOR THE OPPOSITION.

THEY ARE BIG SPENDING, PRO-AMNESTY LIBERALS.

THEY THINK OF THEMSELVES AS CENTRISTS - AS IF CENTRISM WAS A GOOD AND MORAL THING.

LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT: CENTRISM IS NOT GOOD OR MORAL.

WHEN YOU'RE AIMING AT A TARGET AND YOUR MISSING TWO FEET TO THE RIGHT, MISSING TWO FEET TO THE LEFT DOESN'T EQUAL A BULLSEYE.

A POLICY THAT IS BAD AND HARMFUL AND WRONG IS NOT MADE GOOD AND BENEFICIAL AND RIGHT BY SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE WITH A GOOD AND BENEFICIAL AND RIGHT POLICY.

DON'T GET ME WRONG:

COMPROMISE IS ESSENTIAL IN A PLURALISTIC DEMOCRACY.

BUT ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO COMPROMISE ONE'S PRINCIPLES TO FORGE COMMON GROUND.

THE CURRENT CR BATTLE AND DEBT LIMIT WAR CAN BE SOLVED BY COMPROMISE.

BUT THE ROOT PROBLEM IS THE LACK OF A BUDGET.

THE SENATE'S FAILURE TO PASS BUDGETS AND IN THE PROCESS PROPERLY VET SPENDING PROGRAMS IS THE ROOT PROBLEM AND WE SHOULD BE UNCOMPROMISING IN OUR REJECTION OF THIS.

THE SENATE LIBERALS DON'T WANT THEIR WASTEFUL BOONDOGGLES VETTED.

OBAMACARE IS JUST THE BIGGEST ONE EVER - BUT IT HAS LOTS OF COMPANY.

THE FEDERAL BUDGET SHOULD BE ABUT 50% OF WHAT IT IS.

WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND MORE NOW THAN IN 1993.

THEREFORE WE SHOULDN'T.

THE BEST WAY TO CUT THE WASTE WOULD BE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS - NOT THE CR PROCESS OR A DEBT LIMIT.

THIS WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL WE ELECT A NEW MAJORITY IN THE SENATE AND GET RID OF OBAMA.

SIGH.