[mdittmar]

Sadly...tragically...true.

As a conservative,I have no problem with joining a new party that reflects my values,the "Republican Party" is only a name,and it is leaving me,I didn't leave it.

[Jeff Head]

Well, we shall see what the primaries offer and how they go. Any candidatre, of any stripe, name, affiliation, etc. that gets it wrong on ANY of these issues, will not get my vote in any case:

1) Abortion
2) 2nd Amednment
3) Illegal Immigration
4) Assault on Marriage/Homosexual "rights"
5) National Defense

Anyone supporting abortion, whop infringes on peaceful, legal citizen's gun rights, who does not come down hard against illegal immigrantion, who supports or advocates homosexual unions as anything like marriage, or who does not stand strong for our national defense, is not worthy of my vote. To support any such candidate who misses it on any of these issues would amount to a betrayal of my own sacred duty as a free American and something I believe I would stand accountable before God for.

That's just my own view and how I go about beginning to determine which candidate might get my vote.