[mlwjones]

"On the subject of the libertarian party...its a damn shame."

A casualty of a two party system, along with viable groups on the left. The pressures to conform to form that magic 51% are often greater than standing for what one believes is truly right, on either side of the fence.

http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html

I suspect democracy would be better served with four or five parties of relatively equal size corresponding to the regions in the above quiz.

Of course, four/five party compromise would probably lead to the same result - centrism with some leaning towards one pole or another...likely not as strongly libertarian as the breakdown suggests, though... being a libertarian site, its viewership is skewed of course.

[GoldwaterAvenger]

The pressures to conform to form that magic 51% are often greater than standing for what one believes is truly right, on either side of the fence. This may be the most accurate and accessible definition of politics I have seen. Personally, I believe that the objectivist belief system which has been bastardized by the libertarian party, will eventually become the republican platform. The right wing will decline by a process of natural attrition and more evolved political elements will succeed. Wishful thinking? The dem Party on the other hand, cannot be reformed and is a hopeless trainwreck. The only social utopians left are busy getting rich by screening Che Guevara tshirts for apathetic and clueless Gen Yers.