For David Broder to go home. He's earned his retirement. He needs to quit squatting on a fable of a reputation, and enjoy his remaining years doing something more beneficial for society, something recreational that will no longer force him to find sillier and sillier ways to trumpet his Broderisms.
I'm all for people working as long as they can do their job usefully and credibly, but Broder seems to be beyond that point. Today's column is just a case in point. Broder seems to believe that a third party candidate for President should exist because people don't want to vote for Democrats or Republicans. That is a worthless position. It is a wasteful position. If, if, if... if Broder were even correct that Americans want a third party candidate, that choice would be driven by policy plans, and not because they were a third party candidate. We want health insurance fixed and reasonably priced. We want out of the Iraq War. We want responsible politicians that work in a more clear environment. We want those things.
David Broder doesn't do anything to try to help Americans resolve these wants, in one way or another. He simply writes about diversions. He's cooked, he's done, and it's time for him to go home.