a Friday evening hypothetical - say we rid our platform

[ulysses]

of everything that even remotely smells of liberalism and the liberal tradition in American politics - out with affirmative action, out with support for reproductive rights, out with the separation of church & state, out with support for public education. Ditch the economic safety net wholesale - no welfare, no AFDC, no free/reduced price school lunches (the schools are all privatized anyway) at all, nada. Out with all economic regulatory measures - no food inspectors, no SEC, no nothing. A scorched earth policy designed to free ourselves of the chains of liberalism that bind us, to mangle a mixed metaphor or two.

1. Would we then be perfectly centrist?

2. Would we be poised to win?

3. If so, on what platform would we win?