Once a lib even attracted to phony "Power to the people" socialism, me dino began to raise my tail over Jimmy Carter's Dimwitcrat Party during the 70s.
Listening to Reagan's speeches helped a then in my prime dino evolve back into the Constitution grounded conservative of a boyhood when we said the Pledge of Allegiance in the classroom.
Now? With exceptions such as Jeff Sessions, the appeasing and spineless GOP--some of its elite actually voting for Shillary as Rush predicted--has earned (what I believe is rationally thought out) my total contempt and disgust.
Washington DC has also earned my dino vote of total no confidence.

waaaaay toooooo much cooperation between them.

And Putin doesnt respect her or Obama. That is bad. We need to be respected at least by other countries, and Trump would do that

Maybe monsanto has some poison we can spray on them...pest-be-gone.

It does kinda negate the good things.

We are talking about the 47% [sad]

I think that's where it's headed...in a way...we already are.

I agree that any semblance of confidence has been totally eroded by the current crop of pols in Waste-ing-ton District of Crap. We the People have got to wake up and start demanding what has always been good about our country. The three branches are in total disarray.

I deliberately avoided a DC assignment my entire military career (20 years), but then spent the remainder of my professional life in that bureaucratic cesspool. My conclusion is that the rot goes all the way to the bottom, and just turning out the elected officials is like skimming the scum off the top of a septic tank. There needs to be some serious wholesale elimination of the bureaucrat maggots nests, and by that I mean terminating the existence of any cabinet agency not authorized by the Constitution. After that there needs to be elimination of government employee unions, with retention based strictly on merit.

What is saddest to me is that what was once a great reminder of a great past is tainted by a despicable present.

olduglycarl you are wrong about confidence in Washington being shattered. I believe the population DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN WASHINGTON DC

Hillary will NEVER be my president. I will at a minimum ignore her, and if I can, passively resist her every move. I just hope she doesnt get us into war with Russia

I worked in Washington in the 70's and 80's and concluded it couldn't get any worse. I was wrong, it got worse.

Hahahahahah...we are confident they are incompetent...

Mentioning confidence and Washington DC is an oxymoron. OOPS! I thought it said Competence.

Unfortunately, invalid opinions have plenty of political muscle. Assuming the two-party system continues, the best feasible outcome would be to have one party run by liberty advocates and the other party run by collectivists. At least there would be a clear distinction between the two. A true multi-party system would probably be an improvement also.

"advocates of individual liberty be part of that realignment." should be the Only one's involved...there is no other valid opinion.

The less confidence in Washington DC, the better. Voters are beginning to look for alternatives to both corrupt parties and their candidates. Regardless of who wins in November, there is likely to be a huge political realignment afterwards. It's important that advocates of individual liberty be part of that realignment.