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"I nearly voted Constitution in 2000." ~~ I don't see how anyone who cares about the Constitution, and who saw the "Ethics in Government" debate, could vote for Howard Phillips.

Because he is neither Bush nor Gore nor Nader nor Buchanan, of course. ;-)

But, in the end, I decided to be intellectually consistent. I am opposed to Abortion because Abortion is Murder; Murder Law is administered by the States; Murder Law is not administered by the Feds. This was Harry Browne's argument, and I found it to be logically sound.

"But, in the end, I decided to be intellectually consistent. I am opposed to Abortion because Abortion is Murder; Murder Law is administered by the States; Murder Law is not administered by the Feds. This was Harry Browne's argument, and I found it to be logically sound."

That's just it. In every case (that I know of) where Constitution Party positions don't coincide with Libertarian Party positions (and the two parties DO agree, much more than any others)...the Constitution Party positions are...unconstitutional!

As mentioned, the Constitution Party would get the federal government involved in criminalizing abortion (in violation of the 10th amendment).

They'd "help" states keep illegal drugs out of their borders, if the states so desired. (Presumably, they'd allow states that didn't have laws against drugs to get drugs in from across their borders? This wasn't very clear to me...) But the federal government's enforcing prohibitions on drugs going into only those states that have laws against drugs is hardly for the "general welfare". (Why would a state that doesn't have laws against drugs want to pay to protect another state's borders from drugs?)

They'd "take back" the Panama Canal...but that's federal land outside of the District of Columbia and federal "forts"...so it's unconstitutional for the federal government to own that land.

I'm sure--although I never heard it mentioned--that they'd support a FEDERAL ban on RU-486...again, in violation of the 10th amendment.

Don't get me wrong: I strongly encourage everyone to vote Constitution, in preference to Republicans (except if they're in Ron Paul's district, of course). But, at least at the federal level, the Constitution Party doesn't follow the Constitution the way Libertarians do.