>>So, it's become with politics. The ad nauseum rehash of reactions to reactions has replaced good old politicking.
>>Not so at the local level though. There are some good local races coming up and I'll be out there knocking on doors.

In support of whom? The issue with binary politics, or even MMP dominated by a bi- or triumvirate, is that good politicians are simply fodder for the battleships of establishment vested interest- which no longer has anything to do with conservatism. Here's a sample of what's in store, from the crew of a new politician described as the future of the Democrat party: "Socialism is about democratizing the family to get rid of patriarchal relations; democratizing the political sphere to get genuine participatory democracy; democratizing the schools by challenging the hierarchical relationship between the teachers of the school and the students of the school."