You seem to think that I am one of those foolish enough to run off to some third party and marinalize myself. I'm not. I am a Republican until a better conservative alternative comes along, so I either reward the GOP for doing good or I punish the GOP for doing bad. I am leaning hard towards punishing the GOP in 08.
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then just punish them troll!! LOL
I think you make some valid points but I also think you
underestimate a strong third party candidate. Many think
that they are "throwing away" their vote because in our
system they don't have much chance of being elected. But
the real power and influence of a strong third party is
the way the AFFECT THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES. For example, if
a strong candidate emerges who will defend our nation
against the social, economic, and national security
dangers of the illegal foreign invasion -- you'll be
surprised how the Reps. and Dems. take notice and move
in the direction of the third party's position. Especially
when 70% of the public agrees with their position on
the matter of illegals. Suddenly confronted with the
possibility of losing millions of votes they will adopt
a position closer to that of the third party. Thus, even
when third party candidates lose they can still WIN --
because they have changed the political landscape and
FORCED the two major parties to pay attention to an issue
that's important to the nation. Right now on the matter
of our out-of-control borders the two major parties are
basically "tweedle-dee" and "tweedle-dum". The two
major parties have marginalized themselves on this issue.