Quote Originally Posted by 68Charger View Post
I think the OP would be more correct if "Republican" was replaced by "Conservative", and "Democrat" was replaced by "Liberal/progressive"
AMEN! I really don't call myself a republican anymore, I call myself a conservative and I have nothing against democrats really, my fiance is (not really, she just won't admit it), but liberals - now that is a different story.

However, I still support our two party system because, as our forefathers knew, having more parties becomes problematic - you get alliances between parties and problems where a regional party, such as the liberal party, might not have enough steam to beat all conservatives lumped into a republican party but might easily beat out two smaller parties.

So I'm a republican by reference and a conservative by name, with the hope that my party gets more conservative and less liberal (as they are doing now).