Reply #27: I'm all for big tent, but dammit! on core issues what's the point of Con-lite?

[Norquist Nemesis]

That's the type of "majority" that it seems Rham brought us. And frankly, we need to get a handle on this FAST!!! I live in DuPage County...it was a thrill to even have the opportunity to vote for a Democrat on ballot the last three elections, even knowing there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell they would come close to being elected at any level.

But now, what we are starting to see is Republicans who are "moderate" are now registering as Democrats in local elections. These are people who have been elected to office for several terms! They are not switching parties because their point of view has changed and they are now aligned with Democrats, but it's because they cannot even get in the race as a Republican and it's hard to find a Democrat who could seriously challenge them in the primary.

I'm not looking for ideological purity, but I'm certainly not willing to just blindly embrace the Republican's trash. These people weren't taking my interests, "values", and political beliefs into consideration before they petitioned as Democrats...why would I trust them to do so now?