And, so, every now and then, it occurs to me that while I am not a political professional, I am reasonably versed in that aforementioned minutiae, a lay expert, if you will, and perhaps I can provide a service by "educating" folks a little about said process.
I'm tempted to call it "Politics for Dummies" but, somehow, that sounds redundant.
In that spirit, here's a quick "where things stand", suitable for civilian comprehension.
"Right wing" means conservative.
"Left wing" means liberal.
"Moderate" (either right wing or left wing) means trying to be all things to all people by attempting to walk down the center line of any issue (much like I profess to do here on "The Center Line", but, hey, let's not kid ourselves, there's really no such thing as the true center of anything).
Democrats, as a rule, are left wingers.
Republicans, as a rule, are right wingers.
Moderates in either party tend to piss off as many people as they impress so their efforts are, ultimately, a wash.
Barack Obama is a liberal.
Rick Santorum is a conservative.
Mitt Romney is a moderate. (see the above definition/interpretation of moderate and apply accordingly).
States with a lot of big cities tend to be liberal.
States with a lot of small towns and/or rural areas tend to be conservative.
Mississippi and Alabama are states with a lot of small towns and/or rural areas.
Rick Santorum kicked Mitt Romney's ass yesterday in primaries held in Mississippi and Alabama.
Obviously, people in Mississippi and Alabama perfer conservatives to moderates.
Newt Gingrich is a conservative.
He didn't win anything.
But his concession speech sounded like a victory speech.
And he's not, at this writing, quitting.
To sum up.
Santorum, conservative, wins in conservative Mississippi and Alabama.
Romney, moderate, loses to Santorum in conservative Mississippi and Alabama.
This means conservatives don't like moderates.
Gingrich, conservative, wins nothing but refuses to quit.
Stupid still means what it always did.
Class dismissed.
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