dario73 is the perfect example of the myopic idiocy I was referring to: someone who will vote for Big Government RINOs just because they're not Democrats. All this leads to is a cycle of more of the same: more government, more regulations, more spending, more deficits, more debt, etc. By continually voting for these Big Government RINOs that the GOP puts out, people like dario73 are reinforcing that cycle... but, if these voters broke with the GOP and voted Third Party, then they would FORCE the GOP to start choosing candidates who support true small-r republican ideals. Of course, this would cost one election for the Democrats, but that's the price you have to pay for being able to break the cycle. Besides, handing one more term to the Democrats is sure to drive droves of people away from that party and their way of thinking.