Right you are VC. It is so easy to believe that American politics are binary. You're either Republican or Democrat, for abortion or against, for The Dream Act or against, for smaller government or against, for tax cuts or against, etc....but there's a lot of issues where voters can (and should) cross over. I am a registered Independent, I certainly support a great deal of Republican politicians but I long for the day where the Republican Party lets the social issues take a back seat for once.