[J. L. Chamberlain]

It's not really clear that the IP vote breaks that way. IP folks are very fiscally conservative, almost to a fault, but they are also socially pretty liberal. One could make the case that the MN Independence Party is really more like the old Rockefeller Republicans than anything else. But it's clear that they can be spoilers if social issues are leveraged in a campaign.

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[J. L. Chamberlain]

Duh, make that fiscal issues. That's what I get for posting with my daughter and her friends yammering in my ears while posting!

J