Democrats in non-urban parts of the country have figured out that relatively few Americans agree with the DNC’s party line. The Dems took over Congress in ’06 by putting forward conservatives (e.g., Heath Shuler, among others) who might as well be Republicans.

This trend certainly shouldn’t be making Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid very confident in their ability to shove a leftist agenda down our collective throats.

I believe in principle over party, and as I see it, the Republican party principles are best in line with mine. Now if only we can get our elected officials to follow that creed

We all believe in those basic principals.

There was a time, when I could vote for the GOP, but that time passed when the libertarian wing of the party was defeated by the big-government, chicken-hawk, authoritarian wing. I truly hope that the conservative libertarian wing is able to take some measure of control back. While I am a Democrat, I am also a libertarian at heart. Ideally, I want to see my party’s principals balanced by compromising with real conservative libertarians, not these current GOP members who believe that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are outdated, and that everything can be solved with a war or by intrudinig on my privacy.

I believe

That the free enterprise system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice.

That all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society.

That fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraints must be exercised at all levels of government.

That the Federal Government must preserve individual liberty by observing constitutional limitations.

That peace is best preserved through a strong national defense.

That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers, is essential to the moral fibre of the Nation.

We can’t support candidates when the brand is tarnished. One must go back to basics and rebuild the message with the voters–we need to convince them that we are the protectors of liberty. It’s kind of hard when folks like Virgil Goode obtain 98,000 dollars for a walking tour of Boydton, Va., a town less than a square mile with only 474 residents.