Perhaps this is a repeat; I didn't read the whole thread. But, it is always good practice to remember to dance with the one that brung ya. Is he saving the last dance for me? I am tired, and I am ready to "go home." If I only had a home to go to...

The majority of so-called Libertarians don't truly understand libertarianism. And the country doesn't really want what they would deliver if they were successful in enacting their program.

The Greens don't have much of a chance of doing more than electing a few scattered candidates and spoiling for the Dems (which maybe is not such a bad idea, now that I think about it).

No, I am still a solid "Democrat from the Democratic wing of the Democratic party. The rest of the party has left me, pursuing G-d knows what. My party leader is a shepherd without a staff. (Um, no, I did not intend that pun.)

Any of the potential Republican presidential candidates on the horizon would undoubtedly rule far more dangerously than anything Dems can dream of. But how many times does one let one's lover betray them before they just say, "Fuckit, I'd rather be alone and lonely!"?

Saul