Our problem is not the lack of a large third party, we lack a third, fourth, fifth and sixth party. We need parties that show every shade of our political beliefs instead of allowing just two parties to encompass our political philosophies.
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Naive in the extreme. Liberals may only represent 30% of the population but they are extremely cohesive.
In any race with more than one or two other parties any coalition of organized labor, public employees and welfare queens will dominate until the wheels come off.
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Agreed. One only needs to look at Europe to see the results of multi-party systems.
“However, being a conservative first and a Republican second, I cannot vote for Mitt Romney in good conscience.”
Yeah, I said the same thing about John McCain in 2008 and look what happened. I am voting for Romney then taking a long shower afterwards to clean off the ick.