Rank-and-file partisans...

Steve opines: If partisan pundits like Noonan and Williams are beginning to admit that the body political has become a Siamese twin, I can only wonder how long until rank-and-file partisans like Andy and Strother realize that our one party, two faction system no longer represents their views.

I'm a conservative first, Republican second... Maybe the reason the two political parties are starting to look alike is because when some principled people in each party don't get their way on an issue or an election doesn't go their way, they pitch a fit and quit the party. Reagan didn't quit the GOP in '76, and in honor of him, I'm not quitting either. Besides, how I'm registered and how I vote are totally separate.