James Silverton wrote:

> D> The thing that scares me about American politics is the
> D> polarization of issues.If you hold a stance on one
> D> particular issue it is assumed that your subscribe
> D>to all sorts of other things. You need a third party,
> D>or more.
>
> And proportional representation and continuous unstable
> coalitions :-)

Democracy is not easy. There needs to be room for the middle ground.