[BlackRazor]

Steve Largent also lost the OK governor's race due to a third-party candidate (though not a Libertarian).

Here's a question for all to ponder. Should conservatives be in favor of Instant Runoff Voting, in which voters list their voting preferences in order? If no candidate breaks 50% in the first pass, then the lowest vote-getter is dropped, and their votes are transferred to the voters' second-choices. This continues until one candidate breaks 50%.

Granted, this method probably would have meant Al Gore would have won the 2000 Presidential election. But on the whole, I think Republicans are hurt more by Libertarians than Democrats are by Green Party candidates.

I have yet to make up my mind on this issue, and have yet to see a comprehensive discussion of the pros and cons.

What are people's thoughts on this issue?

[discostu]

I think we're voting for the leadership of our cities, states and nation; not the Heisman Trophy. One vote, choose wisely.

[PhiKapMom]

I am for run-off for Governor when no one gets 50%! I am also from Oklahoma and the Indy Richardson got 100,000+ votes because of his stand on everything is free!

In all fairness though, I didn't think that Largent ran an effective campaign by not responding to attacks of Richardson who was nothing more than a pomposs Clymer who used $2.3 million of his own money to defeat Largent!