Most of the country is already bundled around the center...I think that's why the politicos, of both stripes, spend so much time picking around at the extreme edges just so they can find something to distinguish themselves from the "other guys"...and all of them end up alienating most everyone else when they do it.

Most folks also tend to be at least somewhat partisan about their party of choice, so if they mention how little they like the extreme position of the "other guy", even if it's a relatively trivial matter and represents only a small part of his politics, they immediately get labeled as "extreme" the other way...while they don't likely agree with the either extreme end of the spectrum.

Fish on...

Todd