From moderate cartoonist Tom Briscoe:
Note that there is increasingly a lot of talk now about some kind of third party. Whether it’ll come to fruition (and do more than undercut one of the main parties and help the other win) is another matter.
But note this article by Peggy Noonan.
And, if you missed it, be sure to read this.
(Note: We really like Briscoe’s cartoons, so we’ll run select ones from time to time on this site with a link to his site).
UPDATE: Bull Moose today takes up how both parties are seemingly working to drive away moderates and centrists. Read his post in full. Here’s a small part of it:
While the Democrats will likely benefit in ’06 from the Republican collapse, the leadership of the party has done little to appeal to centrists. At this point neither party has demonstrated that they have the capacity to unite the country.
Our country is strong, but citizens are losing confidence in the leadership class. Americans are largely moderates who don’t live, eat and breathe partisanship. They just want their leaders to get things done for the country. Yet, the two parties are more concerned with partisan advantage than national progress.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.