politicophile

There's no point in voting for a candidate that you know will lose when you have a stake in which main-party candidate wins. If the race is at all close, I probably would prefer the Republican over the Democrat. And since the libertarian is going to lose anyway, why would I waste my vote?

No, what I envision is either taking over the Republican party and altering its platform away from the Bush-Republican style, or replacing the Republicans with a new conservative party that better represents the ideals of classical liberals, i.e. actual modern conservatives.

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