there is no conservative Demcrats in Maryland. Of course, I doubt if you will be saying that O'malley is fiscally irresponsible for running up a $1.7 billion dollar budget shortfall or that the total number of whites in Maryland is decreasng, or that even the top school district, Montgomery is beginning to slip due to immigration and gangs.

I happen to live in a one-party state, Maryland, and believe it or not, we are not in the midst of a moral or economic collapse. Professionals still make more than hamburger flippers at McDonald's, and there are still a good number of folks who have no health care. We have conservative Democrats., moderate Democrats and liberal ones too.

It depends of whether the estabishment Democartic Prty leader tries to limit the impact of former Repubicans in the coming one party America. The leadership in the Democratic Party has hinted at the desire to close the Democratic Party nomination system to limit the effects of Repubicans and independents (more caucuses and closed primaries, fewer open primaries). Also, the Democratic party could separate voting for state and local offices from the presidential voting.

I have commented for some time that people should think about the impacts of the collapse of the Republican party and the coming one party state. At least you acknowledge that it could be good for moderate Democrats.

Well, Superdestroyer, Isn't that what you've been predicting for the last 12 months? LOL

What wil keep moderates from ever winnng the Democratic nomination is the need to move to the left to win the pirmary Moderate, southern white males have little crediblity when they try to do it.

And the last time I saw a speech of his, it was in person four years ago at my school. I thought that one was better.

I liked a lot of what he said, but something about his speech tonight was off-putting to me.

People like Warner (and Libertarian leaning Republicans) need to stress this very strongly and try to get the bankruptcy bill of '05 repealed. When it was passed, I remember hearing on Marketplace how economists were studying why Europe had so little entreprenurial spirit compared to the US and they realized that a lot of it was that once you fail once over there it's nearly impossible to recover. It takes a person on average two (or is it three?) failed businesses before one succeeds and the bankruptcy bill is going to stifle small business creation for a long time.

Not to mention that looking at bankruptcy stats a gigantic portion are from medical bills…

In any case, the open secret is that Obama is actively acting on expanding the Democratic apparatus immensely and moving the power base away from the old timers, and more towards the Warner description of what types of leaders the US needs. It's no coincidence that he's the keynote.

Warner/Schweitzer 20**