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To: pompsander who wrote (24772)	10/29/2008 12:34:54 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 25737

Re: "...fiscally conservative, individually rights oriented pragmatists must have a home in future political campaigns." I certainly hope so. But with national polling reporting self-identified "Libertarians" at (variously) "6%" to "16%" of the total electorate, and "fiscal conservatives / social liberal/moderates" polling at perhaps 1/5th. of the electorate I wonder if those are LARGE ENOUGH numbers yet to demand representation from one of the two dominant Parties? Or, given the hide-bound nature of our political oligopoly, will those numbers have to rise just a bit more before advocates for personal liberty and responsible, frugal and limited government will have the necessary political heft to steer one of the two big political battleships? Re: "Time will tell." That it will. (And, at least the TREND is our friend. <g>)