[MindBender26]

Correct.

In electing people, always remember as follows.

1. Ignore what they promise.
2. Decide based on what they have done.
3. Unless they have worked in the free market economy, legislators make lousy presidents, because they are consensus builders, not decision makers.
4. In choosing a candidate, like choosing a spouse, you can always have anything you want, but never everything you want.

:~)

[Alberta's Child]

Give me a candidate who is solid on all of the 3-4 "absolute" issues and who can credibly claim to be a conservative on at least 60% of the rest, and I'll consider that candidate a serious contender for my vote.

Don't nominate a guy whose track record is conservative on about 20%-25% of the issues -- and who is an unapologetic, radical leftist on the 3-4 "absolute" issues -- and expect me to support him.