Democrats are not alone in having significant differences amonst themselves. There is a big difference between the highly conservative and doctrinaire Republican leadership and their most popular figures. Arnold, Rudy, McCain......these guys are nationally popular but probably couldn't get nominated because the primaries would favor conservatives and their positions on guns, abortion, etc. would doom their chances within the party. Powell faced this fact in '96 and '00 and decided accordingly. I hope for a return to moderation from both parties but the practice of redrawing districts to make seats safer for incumbents on both sides does not bode well for this (pipe?) dream. Perhaps we'll come, as a nation, to see that having politicians in charge of redrawing districts is akin to the fox guarding the hen house. However, I've not got a silver bullet to suggest nor have I heard one suggested from anywhere else. This is not likely to get better any time soon.
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