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I think it was an NPR piece talking about Bernie Sanders. I always expect Bernie's views to be far to the right of mine but he keeps standing up for small farmers and against data collection etc... I guess he's a thoughtful progressive which is an attribute I wouldn't give the current Dem leadership.

My district is solid red. We had a Dem Rep a few years ago but the national leadership turned on him, I think because of his pragmatic position on the show case issue of gun control. Both parties burn me up when it comes to their "differences." They want to keep abortion and guns as get them out to the polls issues instead of working the edges of the problem. If I registered GOP my primary vote could go to a moderate on the off chance one runs, but my district and let's face it, my world is full of tea party nutters. I can't spend a lot of time with folks that would turn the United States into a mid-East style theocracy in the name of liberty.