However, what did the Reagan coalition had in common? An aversion to statism (supreme power in the state as opposed to individuals). I as a conservative with a libertarian streak, am real sick and tired of moving towards the statists. We RAN "moderates" for the last 20 years. Bush I, Dole, Bush II, and McCain. All of them had much more statist tendencies than I thought this party should have. It's to the point where I'm calling myself a 1994 Republican as opposed to the Bush years.

I'm not going to tell Midland Republican to leave the party. I'm going to ask him to not be so condescending toward the "Palin" or "Joe the Plumber" wing of the party and ask him to leave them alone.