What ever happened to the ideological children of the Reagan era? Instead, we get those yearning for theocracy and divisive culture war.

I once defined myself as a thoughtful progressive - conservative financially, socially libertarian, and always willing to examine any position. I worked for the Perot campaign in '92 and cheer independent thinking of any ideology, almost to the point of promoting Jeffersonian revolution.

Today, I find myself pushed sharply to the left or rather, the Republicans have gone so sharply right that it looks like I've become more Liberal. If anything, I'm yearning for a centrist, pragmatic leadership and I see it in neither party. I am active, but uninspired and I don't like the feeling.