Friday, April 09, 2010

Move Over Tea Partiers, Here Come The Whigs

It looks like everybody wants a piece of the political pie this year, so I was surprised when I saw in various other sources, stories about the Modern Whig Party.

While they trace their roots back to the original Whig party, they have come up with a few issues relevant to today and are establishing chapters in all of the states.

While I perused their national website, I haven't done any in depth looking into this emerging political party. For the most part they seem to be fiscally conservative, although in reading their stance on issues, they take a broad brush approach, they do have a few specific issues, while at the same time being libertarian leaning as far as social issues.

In light of the little bit of information I have read they don't seem as much a political party as they do a special interest group. They have a few items that they are very specific on and most others are only given a nod.

Anyway, check them out if so inclined, and I guess welcome them to the political discussion going on in this country as more and more people are feeling ignored and alienated by the current two major parties in the country.

There is one common thread among most of the groups clamoring for attention on the political landscape. They all have a conservative bent, whether they be Libertarians, Whigs, or the non party Tea Party folks. Maybe that is why SEIU was getting jealous and decided to try and start their own party.

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