[mysterio]

BS. If a candidate doesn’t earn the votes, he doesn’t get them. No votes belong to any candidate by default. If the Republicans want libertarian votes, they will run a candidate that advocates smaller, less intrusive government. The Republicans have not picked a candidate that addresses those issues, so the Republicans will not get the smaller, less intrusive government votes.

[The Pack Knight]

Delegates are elected by plurality vote. That means that if people who prefer less government vote for two different candidates, a minority who prefer more can elect theirs.

Libertarians are certainly free to vote for Barr. I just don't want to hear them complain when President Obama leads the way in raising their taxes and radically increasing the size of the welfare state.

McCain isn't perfect, but he's certainly for smaller and less intrusive government than the Democrats or even most Republicans. People can whine about not wanting to vote for the "lesser of two evils", but that's just the way it works.

We have a two-party system because that's the only system compatible with winner-take-all plurality elections. If you don't like it, then work for a constitutional election requiring that states select their electors and congressmen by majority vote, go to a proportional representation system, or both. Until then, third party candidates are nothing more than a distraction.

[Def Conservative]

Yup.

While I may end up voting for McCain, I can certainly understand why people have values they put before political expediency.