Peter Gottlieb wrote:

I believe many more than you suspect fall into this category. And, in this
area, there are a good many "Republicans" who got fed up with a single issue
in the Democratic camp. What I am saying is that there are a lot of people
close to the fence in both parties.

I think you're right, and the problem is the fact that they now have to toe
the party line to get funding because of the contribution reform laws passed
around 1980. Either these laws should be repealed or the national parties
should be placed under the same restrictions as major corporations. Before they
were passed, it was possible for someone to buy a congresscritter or two, and
there were some that couldn't be bought. Now, you can buy an entire party and
get half of Congress in one whack.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can
be learned no other way.