I have always wondered why people who obviously disagree with a parties platform (or at least the majority of that platform) are doing in the party. Why for instance does Liberman still retain his Democratic party membership. While not a Republican he certainly isn’t a Democrat either.

I guess maybe it’s the whole Independents can’t get elected theme.

The cynic in me says however that is more likely an opportunistic exercise. As with the NY 23 race a democrat saw that she was not going to get a chance to run so she changed parties to do so. She couldn’t however change her past actions or words so as a Republican she should not have passed muster.

The moral to the story should be that Republican leadership shouldn’t field candidates who’s ideals are inconsistent with the parties platform and more importantly with the parties base. Of course the moral the leadership will take from this is that they have to make sure the candidates keep quiet about their liberal tendencies as well as to better demonize those “right wing conservative fanatics”, “clinging to their God and their guns” you know those of us on the “fringe” who “don’t play well with others.”

It’s time for a new party, the “Liberty Party” or the “Common Sense Party” or the “Reality Party”. Of course the last one would get picked up by NBC as a new reality show and then it will be almost as useless as “The Bachelor”.