1.0 link 22451 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-smerconish/a-cancer-on-the-body-poli_b_22451.html I'm a 44 year-old Republican who has not missed an election since turning 18. Ronald Reagan was the first president for whom I voted, and I have voted for all Republican presidential candidates since that 1980 election.

This is not to say that I have voted only for the GOP. To the contrary, I have never pulled a straight party lever and have often voted for Democrats. Depending on who become the standard bearers in 2008, I...

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