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Maybe 2006 is the year to vote for a 3rd party to send a message.

Curious......... which 3rd party?

Donner Party
Constitution Party
Reform Party
Libertarian Party
Socialist Party
Communist Party

I'm sure that a message would or could be sent should a 3rd party have a chance of winning but I see none that have that chance. The Libertarians have made strong efforts across the board to have candidates down to the local level and have mostly been unsuccessful except in a few cases. I see no other 3rd party with their organization to win with. You don't win the top job with a 3rd party with no orginization in place... Like yours, jmo of course.

The 3rd party need not win to send a message. They only need enough votes to have allowed the losing party to have won.

For example, take Libertarian party. If they have 3% of the vote and the republicans lose by 1%, then they'd realize they need to do some things in the Libertarian platform to win next time.

So I suggest considering a party that more closely matches your beliefs. BTW: My beliefs change from state level to federal. At the federal level I'm more Libertarian (or federalist). But at the state level I'm a conservative.