If you aren’t willing to stand up to the greed and robbery going on in the country, here’s what happens:

For the first time a generic “Republican Party candidate” is favored by a statistically significant margin over President Barack Obama, the Gallup polling firm said.

According to a Gallup poll released Thursday, 47% of registered voters would choose the “Republican Party’s candidate for president,” while 39% said they would pull the lever for Mr. Obama.  Gallup called the result the “first statistically significant” lead for Republicans among registered voters; last month, the generic Republican was ahead of the president, 44% to 39%, within the poll’s margin of error.  Among independent voters, the latest poll showed 44% supported the Republican candidate while 34% went for Mr. Obama, with one in five having no opinion, the poll reported.

   Of course, it’s a long way til November 2012. People are pissed. They want to take out on someone in charge. And "generic" seems like a way to choose something that is a way of punishing someone in charge but not as threatening and lunatic a choice as say Michelle Bachmann. So, that’s what a "triangulating" or "centrist" strategy gets you when you take part in a sham debate.