do you think there is a place for conservative democrat like joe manchin in the democratic party? you know this is my thing. i am hopping ideas from a friend who s very wise said this a week or so ago. it s like you almost need all the d s and all the r s, don t tell anybody. let everybody run and then we ll see what we like about who we like and then we ll vote on ideas and if they pass this thing like i am this type of democrat which basically makes me a republican, it s kind of like when you try to figure out your labels dating. we are either together or not. we are taking a break for a minute. i am totally with you. as a country we reduced ourselves to six questions as a litmus test as to which party you belong to.