So I decided to take time out of my busy school schedule to put some thoughts down.
My colloquium (a fancy way to say "seminar") class is in US Economic History specifically focused on The Public Interest. So my professor has assigned us various readings on different topics all relating to what constitutes the "public interest".
This week our reading is on the rise of the New American Right, which for all you non-history buffs arose, largely, out of Orange County, CA in the 1960s. But this week is also the week where myself and a couple others have to bring in extra documents (specifically articles) discussing this topic as recently as today. So in reading all this literature on the New Right I find that my opinion still stands as: The ONLY position a political leader should take is a Moderate one.
This is why: