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His basic arguement is that conservatives should form a third party, as negotiating leverage with the \u201cparty bosses\u201d if nothing else, but he starts off with the key point that the GOP leadership, based on various reporting, is eager to cut a deal with the Democrats on an immigration amnesty, on the basis that they\u2019ve got their base locked up, with nowhere else to go anyway, especially if they wait until after the filing deadline for primary challengers \u2014 but the Romney and McCain campaigns have demonstrated that if you move too far to the middle, you may not find your \u201cbase\u201d voting for an upstart challenger, but you will find that they just stay home, not in an intentional boycott, but just because, in marginal situations that repeat themselves in town after town, precinct after precinct, they\u2019re just not as motivated to make it to the polls when it\u2019s inconvenient, or to campaign heavily, or work the get-out-the-vote drives. (Just re-read that sentence \u2014 I\u2019d fail the \u201cshort & simple\u201d writing guidelines.)<\/p>\n

The fundamental problem is that our winner-take-all political system lacks a structural role for third parties, in the way that proportional systems such as Germany\u2019s offer. <\/p>\n

On my to-do list (for next week, or maybe this weekend if I get everything that\u2019s due today sent off) is to work this idea out more fully and see if I can brainstorm on alternative solutions. . .<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"