There is a movement building for progressives to temporarily change their voter registration from whatever party they are registered as to Republican, so they can vote for Ron Paul in the Republican primary. The idea is that if Ron Paul is the nominee, Barack Obama will be forced to defend his war mongering and unconstitutional actions in signing the NDAA bill.

Initially I rejected the idea, because I am not a Republican and would never vote for a Republican. But the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea. So, today, I am mailing in my voter registration change form so that I can vote in the Republican primary on January 31, 2012.

I will vote for Ron Paul in the hopes that he becomes the Republican nominee. Then, Barack Obama will have to defend his miserable record of war mongering, spying on Americans, and working for the Wall Street banks.

I would encourage other progressives to do the same. Will you get your hands dirty? Yes. But you can always wash them.