UPDATE: Issues Misalignment Across the Parties

An interesting opinion piece in The New Republic by Brink Lindsey, the VP of Research at the Cato Institute, explores much more deeply the possibility of a Liberal-Libertarian union by proposing many policy positions which they could jointly take which would likely be palatable to all involved.

Lindsey doesn't mince words, lambasting the ex-Conservative majority as having "risen to power only to become squalid and corrupt, a Nixonian mélange of pandering to populist prejudices and distributing patronage to well-off cronies and Red Team constituencies." Ouch....

He does little to address the populist side of the political spectrum which would remain after a Liberal - Libertarian union, which is too bad, because as I explained a few days back, I think the Populist - Traditionalist folks would rule the roost after the realignment. Nevertheless, it's interesting to see some specifics about how the Left and the Libertarians might move close together.