Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> > I'm quite pleased to say that I voted Democratic in almost every
> > Presidential election where I was eligible. The only exception was for
> > Jimmy the Unready's second term but even then I did not vote for Reagan !
>
> Voting the party line, no matter what, is one of the reasons our politics is
> as bad as they are. Both parties have good and bad candidates and good ones
> should be elected on their individual merits.

The thing that scares me about American politics is the polarization of issues.
If you hold a stance on one particular issue it is assumed that your subscribe
to all sorts of other things. You need a third party, or more.