I would love to see the UIF as a caucus of the CPA.
This, but with a CDU/CSU arrangement would make me fall in love with you guys.
The CPA would only have members in the 4 non-south regions, and the UIF would only have members in the south, but the two parties would sit together whenever elected to the Senate, etc, and hold joint conventions for picking the President, etc, and endorsements, etc.
That would sound like great fun, indeed. I would certainly approve of such an arrangement, but generally I am open to anything - from a coalition of the shape Teddy outlined to a very loose and informal cooperation.