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					Originally Posted by KSig RC  If you're going to play the ideal-world card, then voting along party lines kind of craps in the punch bowl. | 
	
 Maybe, maybe not.  Some constituents vote for the person, others vote for the party.  To many (very many, I would hazard to guess) constituents what matters is that they are represented by a Democrat or a Republican.  Who that Democrat or Republican is may be of secondary importance.