Is there any room in the repub or dem party for someone who is not a liberal or conservative?

The answer is no. But to the dems credit, they've been able to seize upon this theme to make the repubs seem more out of touch (they are EQUALLY out of touch for the record), and the repubs seemingly haven't even tried to point out that the same "You will be extreme like us or you have no place whatsover" sentiment rolls thru the very core of the being of the dems' powerbrokers (just as it does with the repubs). Have to call it like I see it -- it's an equally pathetic situation from both parties, but only the dems have capitalized on it. Repubs these days are so completely sorry. They are the proverbial rudderless ship.

(BTW -- I posted this same message on a bulletin board earlier today, but liked it enough to go ahead and stick on the blog -- it's been kind of slow day material wise!)