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Thank you for a well reasoned response. I think your theory of personal responsibility accurately explains why people choose to support either the Democratic or the Republican parties. Generally speaking, those who support the Democratic agenda are looking for a hand-out ie government programs and an excuse. They not only don't want to be responsible for themselves but they want the government to pay for the cure. On the other hand, as you have so eloquently pointed out, the Republican party supports self-reliance and limited government. Although this is a generalization, it also explains why for thirty years, women as a group and blacks as a group voted for Democrats...they were just beginning to claim their "rights". Now, we are beginning to see the swing back. I don't think that it is a coincidence that the women of the 70's are now mothers and grandmothers...and seeing issues through new eyes. Neither do I think that it is a coincidence that blacks are becoming more conservative as the first generation of black millionaires is about to die. Politics are always local.