The problem of finding an effective opposition to President Obama in 2012 requires an understanding of the dynamics of the ideological forces that are currently in operation. The forces on the left are pro-active. Always looking for socialistic solutions to social problems, the left constantly agitates for social change. Any change, regardless of the consequences for the well being of the nation, is better than maintaining things as they are. By contrast, the forces on the Right are reactive. Not having any “new solutions” to offer, they mainly function to oppose the destructive social policies of the Left.
In the past authoritarian era, there were equal numbers of people on the Left and Right and the ideological forces were balanced. In today’s anti-authoritarian era there is a marked political shift of the political mainstream to the Left of center. This shift includes the population at large as well as both political parties. As a result, political solutions to social problems are the popular rule. For a candidate on the political Right not to have novel political solutions to social problems puts him or her at a disadvantage.
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Neither Left Nor Right
The Emotional Plague
Charles Konia, M.D. 
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