Where Will the Hawks Go?

The Democratic Party was home to foreign policy hawks for
decades prior to the takeover of the New Left in the 1960s.
The hawks then fled to the Republican Party and are often
referred to (sometimes derogatory) neoconservatives. After
the messy wars in Iraq and Afghanistan it appears like the
Right might want to move towards libertarianism. (See CPAC.)
Libertarians basically embrace a dovish foreign policy. I'm
curious how the Republican party will react to this, especially
if they lose again in 2012. Will they move to a more dovish
foreign policy? If so, where will the hawks go? Are we going to be
like most European countries whom don't have a strong military
presence? I heard Glenn Beck say yesterday on his radio show
(I was flipping through the AM channels) he wants to be
like Norway and wishes "everyone would leave us alone."

Barack Obama Should Be Happy With What Happened At CPAC Today

President Barack Obama should be happy with what he saw today at
CPAC. Deep divisions in the Right revealed themselves at the
conservative gathering. Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll, showing
that some in the conservative movement want the Republican Party
to move towards libertarianism and isolationism. This should make
the Republican establishment uneasy. The Republican Party is not
libertarian and I don't see it becoming libertarian anytime soon.

Something else that should make Barack Obama smile is that Glenn
Beck's speech was basically a GOP bashing fest. The GOP might take
back the House in November but when it becomes to choosing a leader
in 2012, I don't see it happening. There is too much division in the Right
and it won't be resolved anytime soon. And this "both parties suck"
rhetoric that Glenn Beck uses is just grease for a third party to come in
and split up the party.

The popularity of Beck and Paul at CPAC also shows that some in the
Right have moved to isolationism. Beck said that we should show liberty
and freedom by example and not impose it on other people. I think there
is a big schism in Right when it comes to foreign policy.

Barack Obama should be happy what happened at CPAC today.

Two Party System....

I like our two party system. I don't want to change that.
Third parties are just spoilers in our system. That is all.