[roamer_1]

IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING to insist upon statesmen, you will be left with mere politicians.

[jpsb]

A vote for a statist is a vote for a statist regardless of whether the statist is a Republican or a Democrat.

W convinced me that voting for a statist is almost always a bad idea. Perhaps if Senate leadership were conservative I might be tempted to vote for a statist R, but Senate leadership is quite progressive. So forget about it.