One-third Democrat, one-third Republican and one-third 'other'. Who speaks for the one-third 'other'? Granted, these people are probably all over the political spectrum, but most of these people likely fall into a category of being politically independent-minded. I foresee the percentage of undecided voters growing in the future, as Republicans continue to ignore their conservative base and continue to slowly morph into a "Democrat-lite" political institution, and the Democrats continue to gravitate toward being the party of "freaks and geeks". Much of that growing sector of disillusioned voters will come from Christians. Statistics are often thrown around touting there are 40 million voting-age Christians in America, and that they make up the largest voting block. If a third party could round up most, or all, of these voters, pressure could be put on establishment "politics as usual".

Who will speak for the 33% (and growing) of voters that do not align with one of the 'big two' political parties? I admit that personally the Libertarian party tends to go too much to the Left on social issues for me. At times I make the knee-jerk comment that it is the 'Legalize Pot Party' (and I admit this isn't a totally fair assessment). There are other parties, such as the American Party and Constitution Party, which clearly embrace traditional constitutional government as the desired state of things. There are a number of other political parties of various sizes, some only covering specific regions. None of these parties on its own has been able to make any serious threat to the establishment parties.

As for me, I can no longer put politics over principal. No longer will I hold my nose and vote for the lesser of two evils. I'll be looking for someone outside of the 'big two' to vote for who truly believes in what the Founders intended for us, their posterity. In local, state and Congressional elections, I'll just have to wait and see who runs. For president in 2004, I'm leaning towards the Constitution Party. They don't even have a candidate yet, but their platform reflects my views better than any other I've seen. The Constitution Party would be a natural home for any Christian, and the odds are good that their candidate won't be a Washington insider. We've had enough of those.