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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 1933246" data-attributes="member: 13624">I don't think either party has lost its way.  Parties, at their core, have always been about getting their members elected.  Platforms, positions...principles...these are malleable, negotiable, so long as the parties achieve their end goal: power.  Both are succeeding brilliantly.  Sure, they trade back and forth as to who is nominally in control in any given year, but on the whole, both have greatly increased their power.Ask yourself this question: am I freer this year than I was last?  (Here's an alternate phrasing: did the government pass or repeal more laws this year?)</blockquote>