This is getting frustrating. How can we ever move on to implementing solutions, if folks can't stop talking in terms of "democrat" and "republican", instead of what they are specifically running on by the issues? Ask yourselves what it is you need this person to do for the country and your community and then ask them the questions that reveal what they think about those issues. If they have no awareness of the issues, or swing in the wrong way, let people know, and don't support them. Don't pretend they are a win just because they claim to be republican. If they answer with party slogans, question them further and further, and more and more specifically. It's a process of qualifying them. By qualifying them we'll weed out the charlatans and get the competition for honorable candidates rising.