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You say Reagan is your hero, why not vote for guys like that in the party and help move it to the right?

Huh? I said what? When did I say that about Reagan?

And why would I want to move the party to the right? I'm not a right winger. I'm not a left winger.

The political spectrum isn't a straight line left and right. It has a verticle and a horizontal line. The verticle line has to do with individual freedom and personal responsibility. The graph of political interest is diamond shaped.

And as to the voting question, no, I wouldn't vote "Republican". But I would (and have) voted for Republican candidates. Many times I might add. I would walk across red hot coals to vote for Ron Paul, a Republican representitive. And anyone like him.

The Reagan comment was meant for someone else.

I have to many threads going at once!

Your playing into semantics with me on the "to the Right" comment. Though your "graph of political interest" sounds interesting and I am sure it comes in handy for describing more complicated issues. It is not relavent here, this is not complicated.

I know of at least 6 candidates on the Republican ticket in Oregon and Washington that are Conservatives. Guys who would work to cut taxes, limit government and increase freedoms. Guys that want to do away with Federal taxation, stop the paycheck pull of taxes, really reform public schools (or do away with them) and bring the state under the constitutional powers.

Most will not get elected though because they cannot pull the stubborn 5% to 8% of LP and CP voters. That is wrong and shows that these voter only vote party lines.

The LP should be ACTIVELY supporting these candidates, in many cases there is no LP candidate running.

Nope, not the LP. Rather fall on the sword than not get everything right away.

And the country will die for it.