Sadly, you are right. When it comes to the economy, taxes, and other big issues, both the Dems and Reps vote the same way. They may talk a big talk on TV, but late at night, they make sure the vote both parties actually want gets through. They use stuff like gay marriage and abortion to distract everyone from the fact that they have been systematically removing our rights every year. They are looking at it long term. Maybe something big like the Patriot Act, followed a decade later by the TSA conducting warrantless searches on a mass scale.