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Today I’m going to do something that I have never done—I will vote in Virginia’s Democratic Party primary. Oh sure, I’ve voted Democratic—once. That was for George McGovern back in 1972. I was 18 years old. Since then it’s been a mix of Libertarian and Republican candidates for various local, state and federal offices. What is motivating me to do this? It’s not the platforms of the Democratic primary candidates. Former Secretary of the Navy James Webb is protectionist-minded and his opponent businessman Harris Miller wants to impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies. So my attraction is not to the candidates or their proposed policies, but to the idea of gridlocked government.

The Democrats are right about one thing—the Republicans on Capitol Hill have slithered into a comfortable culture of corruption. It’s not just the corruption of too cozy relations with lobbyists, but it is also the corruption of power wielded without restraint.

Reason is a libertarian magazine, so recognize how monumental this decision is for this writer.