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With your set of requirements, you will have trouble finding viable candidates. Consider this political calculus:

1) Which is more important: free markets (small government) or "a woman's right to choose"? Consider how much legislation Congress creates, and the fact that well over 90% of it is primarly economic in impact. Sure, there is the rare, symbolic legislation that concerns flag burning, gay marriage, etc., and everyone goes apeshit, but the real impact is in the legislation with heavy economic impact . . .

2) What happens if we get more big government? What is the result, say, if 0bama gets his way on cap & trade and medical care and immigration?

3) What happens if Bible thumping conservatives strike down Roe V Wade? The 10th still prevents a federal ban on abortion (and I think even few Bible thumpers would violate the 10th). The result would be the feds throwing the issue back to the states. UT would likely ban abortions, CA would probably provide state funding . . .

4) How are Bible thumpers going to strike down R V W? They would have to pack the court, not easy.

I'm more or less neutral on the abortion debate, but even if I was "pro choice" the above logic weighs economic considerations, free markets, and small government as a much more important issue. Abortion is an emotional flashpoint, but from a pragmatic perspective, not that important of an issue. The feds will not ban it. Roe V Wade probably won't be overturned dispite the weak logic of the decision. If it is overturned, it will become a state issue.

So, if I was you, I'd ditch the abortion issue as a primary decider. The economic one remains a primary decider.

I won't delve into the intervention thing here, since I don't want to confuse the issue.

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There is no right. This is what people don't get today. We have left and center left. McCain or Obama, Romney or Clinton it makes little difference. In all honesty would four years under McCain have really been much better? Not enough to continue holding your nose at the ballot box. I for voted McCain/Bush/Bush and still regret that today. It will not happen again. Until the GOP moves back to the right third parties will get my vote. Fuck the Republicrats and their RINO offerings.

I hope we can.  We need to get around the idea that people who disagree with us (peers & pols) are acting from malign intent especially when it is debate between political allies - and potential allies.

Really what we see in the two major political parties (dragging in the dems now) is in-house factionalism that tends to manifest as inter-party disputes in other countries.  Progressives and Modern Liberals on the left with Classical Liberals and Social Conservatives on the right with a few smaller groups on either side.  Coalition building and compromise within party is the nature of the game.  This lends a lot of credence to those who have been arguing in this thread about the importance of the party primaries and nominations.

For some reason your post gave me hope :)

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I disagree.



Now is the best time to start putting some support behind a 3rd party.



Better than waiting till election year.



Just don't let it be Ron Paul.

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it would be assurance of America's destruction, we'll be hard pressed to survive 4 years of this president, another 4 would do this country in.

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Do you think it's soley the democrats fault we are where we are today?

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More divide and conquer manure.  



You know some of the people here are so obtuse they deserve Obama, they really deserve the screwing they are getting.