Now it seems that the only way to achieve moderation is to vote each party in every other election and the far left and far right policy evens out instead of actually having true moderates in office.
I agree that U.S. politics is in a bad state.
I think that most Americans do want more moderate politicians in office... but maybe "moderate" isn't quite the right word.
On domestic economic policy, I think most Americans would like someone who is to the
left of Obama - who would bring in single-payer health care, who would stop the cheap imports and put the rust belt back to work, and so on and so forth.
On foreign policy, I suspect, though, they would be supportive of someone to the
right of G. W. Bush; a stronger supporter of Israel, a fiercer opponent of terrorism.
When it comes to family values, I think that's an area where the average American also wants someone in the area between G. W. Bush and Sarah Palin. They don't want the government to massively interfere in people's personal lives - but they
do want the government to ensure that their children can be protected from things that make them uncomfortable, no matter how much avant-garde pressure groups are dismayed.
Thus, they would like to turn back the clock to J. F. K. or F. D. R. - these were leaders who cared about the working man, but they didn't neglect the nation's defenses, nor did they go off on weird tangents like gay rights or abortion.
Thus, I see a party with a Populist orientation as potentially being preferred by a wide swath of Americans to either the Republicans or the Democrats.
