Yeah ambergirl I made that point above. You will never find a candidate you agree with 100% (unless you run yourself) so many times reality requires that you compromise.

Like that old guy said in the "Karate Kid", "in everything there is balance".

However when you are voting for a LIBERAL (or someone you almost totally disagree with) simply to "compromise" with your alleged party you are SURRENDERING!!!

Take McCain and the beltway Republicans. If I voted for McCain and then came back on this board and railed against democrats for always looking to party and not ideas I would be a HYPOCRITE. And I will say that about ANYONE who calls themselves a CONSERVATIVE. Our party (allegedly the republicans) has ONCE AGAIN thrown us under the bus. McCain is to conservative as Matthew Lesko is to reasoned debate as OJ Simpson is to innocence..... McCain is NOT a conservative.

I, for one, STATE CONSTANTLY that I am about IDEAS not party. And I for one am actually honest enough to vote that way which means I may not vote in the Presidential race or I may vote for a third party candidate but I WON'T UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES vote for McCain.

BTW, extremely important, I WILL vote! There are several congressional races as well as local issues on the ballot and I will vote conservative, as much as possible, on those.