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" What isn't logical is the chant in support of running to the third party candidate du jour because of it."

It's also not logical to just lay down and take it.

Ultimately, political currency boils down to votes. There's no other way to effectively express your disagreement with the President's position, than by threatening to take your vote elsewhere.

On an individual level, threatining to take your vote elsewhere accomplishes next to nothing. But on a group level, it's powerful.

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On an individual level, threatining to take your vote elsewhere accomplishes next to nothing. But on a group level, it's powerful.

This may or may not be right, but there is no group large enough to do anything but divide the vote.

Please don't tell me that helping to elect a Howard Dean or a John Kerry is no different than reelecting Bush.