[Just sayin]

That means you voted a straight republican ticket, doesn’t it?

I guess that would depend on how Duncan Hunteris running. It may be a case where Duncan could do something similar to what Lieberman did....run as an independant who would caucus with his former party on most things.

To be honest, I have yet to vote a straight ticket in a general election. I don't vote party, I vote candidate. Now to be sure, most are Republicans, but an (R) does not gaurantee my vote unconditionally.

I will offer two examples for context. (1) Orin Hatch, he lost my favor when he said he would support changing the Constitution so a naturalized citizen can be elected President. (2) Arlen Specter would never gain my vote either because he sees the judiciary as above (read: more authority) the other two branches of Federal government.

Some would refer to these as petty issues. Some would say I hurt the party by discounting them for such things. I counter with the fact that it is their own positions that do the hurting. In my eyes, the Constitution matters and flouting it's meaning willy nilly, as these two examples do, means I won't support them with my vote.

In a nutshell, the Constitution means more to me than a party in power. You know, the opposite of today's Democratic leadership.

[Kevmo]

I can say I’ve voted a straight R ticket several times, but that doesn’t mean I’m a straight-R voter. In fact, some would be surprised whom I chose when Huffington was my congressman and he was running for Senator in California. But I do think my assessment of the character at that time turned out to be correct.

This time around I definitely intend to vote straight R, but it might not necessarily mean I voted for Rudy if he’s the nominee.