Moderates haven't learned anything from the independent movement

The moderate spin this morning is that conservatives shouldn't have messed with NY-23 and that Scozzafava was the perfect candidate for that district -- even after she endorsed the Democrat. What can you say?

 

Moderates are hopeless. I don't see how this split is going to be resolved, because the conservative movement is actually only a part of a much larger movement of independents who are a diverse lot -- they just don't like progressivism. The simpletons who claim there is no such thing as independents are unable to grasp the new shift in the political landscape -- they still insist on claiming that independents are either Republicans or Democrats posturing, but still loyal to their party.

 

We will soon see to what degree the independent movement has evolved, and how it will not only affect the Republicans, but it will also divide the Democrats. There are moderate Democrats just as squishy as the Republican moderates, and the hardline progressives are already threatening to punish their squishiness, but you will also see Democrats who begin siding with the independent movement. The independent movement is separating from both parties, and partisans can't understand this because they are so accustomed to thinking in the mindset of the two party system. No one entrenched in the two-party system can imagine a true independent movement, but it's a reality, and it's growing daily.