It's Up To You, New York, New York

Caroline Schlossberg, as is in fact her name? Merely because she is the daughter of a President notable only for getting shot (an awfully long time ago now) and, er, that's it?

Come on, New York (where I know that I have regular readers), get you act together.

This seat needs to be filled by a Democrat who enjoys the endorsement of the Working Families Party on the protection of workers and consumers, on fair trade and fair tax, on universal health care, on Social Security, on environmental responsibility, on Civil Rights, and on foreign policy realism, whatever disagreements that party might have with him or her on other issues.

And this seat needs to be filled by a Democrat who enjoys the endorsement of the Conservative Party on family values, on strictly limited and strictly legal immigration, on constitutional checks and balances, on national security, on energy independence, on Second Amendment rights and responsibilities, on America as an English-speaking country, and (one trusts, now that the Bush Era is coming to an end) on foreign policy realism, whatever disagreements that party might have with him or her on other issues.

On that first basis, such a Democrat would also deserve the support of the Green Party. On that second basis, such a Democrat would also deserve the support of the Pro-Life Party. And on that double basis, support for such a Democrat could and should unite the warring factions within the Independence Party.

A run-off ballot for the Senate seat in Georgia? Can you believe it? But Obama's appointments blew it, and thus blew any chance of a filibuster-proof majority. The third-placed candidate, Allen Buckley, had been a moral and social conservative who wanted to end the wars, dismantle America's global network of military bases, and repeal the Patriot Act. His voters could have switched to an Obama Democrat. But then Obama announced that he was keeping on Robert Gates while appointing Jim Jones and, wait for it, Hillary Clinton.

There are bridges to be rebuilt as a matter of the utmost urgency. The filling of the New York Senate seat is one of the key ways of doing so.

Right Democrat would love to hear from you - rightdemocrat@aol.com.

Now.

So, where are you?