We have recent developements in the GOP that lead me to believe that the time is near for a third party. There are a number of candidates who have broken with the leadership over ideological differences. There are a number of moderate republicans who have grown disenchanted by the growing popularity of populist social conservatives that are polarizing the party. Sara Palin and Michele Bachmann have swung the party to the right and there is less and less room for many who although firm in their fiscal conservatism, are not so keen on the social issues. These republicans are typically in the coasts and they do not appreciate the intervention of party leaders in their local races. Dede Scozzafava just pulled out of her race in New York after some in her party endorsed Douglas Hoffman, a conservative. It is time for the centrists to form a party of common sense. A party that embraces most of the people I know.