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As liberals flee Obama and conservatives flock to Perry, expect a new “no name” party of Obama conservatives and Bush liberals to rise against a virtually brand-new conservative life force starting with Perry (and Romney now!), Palin, Giuliani, Trump (and maybe David Petraeus?). Bloomberg money may go behind the new no-names; he was first mentioned three years back in first rumors of a third party in a Unity ’08 scheme from Maine’s former governor Angus King and actor Sam Waterston.

But if so, maybe Virginia Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Jim Webb with Gen. Wesley Clark, Elizabeth Warren, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and indeed, he who has earned his place among the venerables, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) of Ohio, should also think of going alone and leave the Democratic Party an abandoned skin of Clinton nostalgicos and Kennedy relatives. Think ahead to 2016 to build again from scratch. The Democrats should have run Mark Warner for president in 2008 in th! e first place. 2016 is not too late.

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