Where are those disaffected republican libertarians now? Did they hold their nose and vote for Bush both times, most recently because of the war/leadership issue? Are they sitting out?
They are generally fairly hawkish on foreign policy, and thus had few qualms voting Bush this tme around, although I'm sure it wasn't their first choice.
Interesting. Wouldn't libertarians be less hawkish? Or maybe its a basic form of patriotism that caused them to rally around the leader.
Well, they generally are economically libertarian and socially centrist with a bit of a libertarian lean. They tend to be less hawkish than the average GOPer, but moreso than the average American. They also tend to have little qualms with stuff like gay marriage bans, but would rather not have the government deal with things like marijuana. Montana and Alaska are full of them.
