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Libertarians vs Republiacns provides no debate over the economics of the country. It'd just be people who don't tax AND don't spend and people who just don't tax but spend anyway. I would much prefer to see Greens and Libs - both ends of the economic spectrum taken to their logical conclusions and both parties pretty hands off in terms of social issues.
Of course, as we see in this election apparently it's the social issues that drive America. So, in that sense maybe Libs vs Reps is more reasonable to hope for. However, I don't think many Dems would be comfortable migrating to the Lib platform. To most Dems, the Lib platform is one of cruelty, not helping other people and giving stuff away. It's not that Libs are cruel though, Libs just think that it's not their choice to make. Either way, I just can't see most dems - at least not the truly liberal ones - going for a Lib platform.
Personally, I'd be happy with the Libs replacing either of them.
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