[Darkwolf377]

When we added to the question “also known as libertarian,” 44% still claimed that description.

Yeah...suuuuure they are.

Zogby is a joke if he believes this is an accurate reading of the public's true feelings and positions. 44% Libertarians? Gimme a break.

[JeffAtlanta]

Zogby is a joke if he believes this is an accurate reading of the public's true feelings and positions. 44% Libertarians? Gimme a break.

44% is probably understating it. A huge majority of the American public still wants a small, unintrusive government. The only people that want an intrusive government are socialists and social conservatives.

A large number of people that vote Democrat aren't socialists but vote for the Dems because they fear the theocons in control of the Republican party.

In the same way , a large number of people that vote Republican aren't really social conservatives but vote for the GOP anyway because they fear the socialists in control of the Democratic party.

The parties are due for a realignment - hopefully all the small government voters can unite and save this country from the big government types that control both the Republican and Democratic parties.

[neverdem]

"One more bit from our post-election Zogby poll: We asked voters if they considered themselves “fiscally conservative and socially liberal.” A whopping 59% said they did. When we added to the question “also known as libertarian,” 44% still claimed that description. That’s too many voters for any party to ignore."

Zogby is a joke if he believes this is an accurate reading of the public's true feelings and positions. 44% Libertarians? Gimme a break.

Go back to the bolded part. I wouldn't be surprised if folks who described themselves as fiscally conservative and socially liberal also called themselves as libertarians.

[Brilliant]

Personally, I would vote Libertarian before I'd vote for McCain.

[Jim Noble]

I used to be a libertarian.

Obviously, 44%, or 4% for that matter, is a gross exaggeration.

But voters for whom their personal and family Liberty is the #1 issue - now that's another matter.

The 1994 landslide pulled in all sorts of what I now call "liberty voters" - who, having seen Waco, Ruby Ridge, and HillaryCare became convinced that they were about to lose something important.

The modern GOP congressional majority became contemptuous of liberty voters and their interests.

But there cannot BE a GOP majority without liberty voters, and they have come to hate the Dobsonites.

This Humpty-Dumpty has gotten badly broken up.

Fortunately, the cure is at hand - more Hillary.

[GSlob]

The message is not the messenger [Zogby]. 44%, or 24%, or 14%- it is a sufficiently significant block to address on merits.

[Poser]

There is a big difference between Libertarians and libertarians. The party is a bunch of pro-drug loonies. The political philosophy is common among conservatives.

I find the Reagan Republicans to be closer to the libertarian political philosophy than the Libertarian party. The current crop of RINOs are neither conservative nor libertarian.