Sorry Moto--I just saw your post.  Actually, neither the Republican nor the Democrat party really represent the Libertarian ideals.  I sometimes vote for Republican and Democrat candidates when I think my vote will swing something either way, but I usually just vote the Libertarian ticket.  I supported Hillary after supporting about 5 other people first.  She seemed the lesser evil in the race between her and Obama and McCain.  She still does.  None of the truly Libertarian-leaning candidates seemed to go anywhere.

Make all the excuses you like, they haven't fulfilled their promises and they are not going to. As I stated, it's simply not in their best personal interests to make those changes. And the republicans have never had to deal with obstructionist, fillibustering democrats, have they? If not for obstructioist democrats pandering to special interests(not that Rep's dont pander also) we would not be in this oil price crisis right now. It's tit for tat and everyone knows it. The difference between me and so many leftist detractors is that I will admit it. Thus my disdain for the current two party system.

Catherine..If you are a Libertarian, how is it that you were a Hillary supporter. No one could be further from what Libertarians represent than she.

Maggie...Bush never made any timeline promises. The new kids did and they said it so many times it was part of the political lexicon that year..and it's been five hundred thirty two days..:o)

Dems have not had the votes to defeat the obstructionist stranglehold the Reps maintain. Add to that, record republican fillibusters and presidential vetoes and you have the recipe for squat.

" I haven't counted the number of days since the democrats took the house, but suffice it to say that it has been significantly more than a hunderd, and they have accomplished doodly-squat!" Motop

I`ve haven`t been counting the days from when BushCo took over the USA Corp. And they have done alot of doodly squat! Want 4 more, how`s you bank account doing? Can you hold out 4 more years?

I agree that the Librertarians have moved out of the realm of feasability with many of their views, but I do agree with much of what they stand for. Bob Barr sounds like a level headed guy, but unfortunately he isn't really marketable. Another sad fact of the modern day socio-political structure in America is that a candidate can't just be a great candidate, they have to be marketable. I give you John McCain. If he were being castigated in any store or anywhere or for anything else in this country due to his age the public would be outraged claiming discrimination, but since he had detractors, all anti-discrimination laws have been suspended. I am firm in my belief that without Hillary and Obama, the democrats would have had no one to run because they simply had no marketable candidates.

but suffice it to say that it has been significantly more than a hunderd, and they have accomplished doodly-squat!

You don't suppose the record number of filibusters by the Republicans has anything to do with it, do you?

 It's a damned shame they didn't follow through with their threat to use the nuclear option when they were in power.

Well, I guess the Libertarians are due for their share of criticism.  Lord knows the Democrats and Republicans must be getting tired of it.

From my perspective, the Libertarian Party has been hijacked by states' rights extremists who don't think that the Bill of Rights should apply to any government lower than federal.  The LP is adopting a dangerous nation-state view of states rights.

As long as the citizens of this country buy into the two-party system, it will continue.  As long as the citizens of this country continue in their bipartisan bickering and finger-pointing, it will continue in Washington.  The citizens need to start taking themselves more seriously, grow backbones and STEP AWAY for a second.  They need to reach out and make compromises before their representatives ever will.  Or become Libertarian, like me.  : )

Doing her is one thing, voting for her is another.

It's been 500+ days. Random says they don't accomplish anything because they don't have a veto-proof majority, but they don't seem to have the necessities to get the Repubs to cross over, either. Pelosi is considered to be a weakling, and Harry Reid is, well, Harry Reid.