From Bloggingheads.tv, a video conversation between Joshua Cohen of the Boston Globe and Libertarian Brink Lindsey of the Cato Institute about the problems Lindsey (representing many Libertarian conservatives) have with the Republican Party and the current administration’s policies concerning so many things about the three branches of government, civil rights, and freedoms. He comes to the point where he is looking to the Democratic candidate rather than McCain.
I think Andrew Sullivan is right when he writes, “The Bush administration has forced many people who thought of themselves as limited government, libertarian conservatives into the hands of the left.”
I can relate, and recognize this dynamic in myself.