[MineralMan]

I don't know. Given the amount of animosity here against (L)ibertarians in several areas, I don't see that the GOP really represents them these days. Nor does it represent the right end of the conservative spectrum very well.

The organized GOP, it seems to me, is pretty centrist these days, for whatever that's worth.

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"I don't know. Given the amount of animosity here against (L)ibertarians in several areas, I don't see that the GOP really represents them these days. Nor does it represent the right end of the conservative spectrum very well.

The organized GOP, it seems to me, is pretty centrist these days, for whatever that's worth."

Thats what I see, and thats the reason so many here say they aren't voting. They are without representation and have nowhere to turn, so they get angry at those who they think should be on their side.

Its a mistake for the republican party to abandon political conservatives and libertarians. The most popular Republican president was Reagan, was also the most conservative. Even then the moderate republicans tried to destroy him, and threatened to throw the election if G HW Bush wasn't given the VP. All the disastrous loses the republicans have had came from moderate republicans, and the 1994 revolution was based on conservatism.