>About the only issue he's progressive on is gay marriage, right?
Which is like quadruply illegal in Texas anyway, so he'd have to proclaim himself emporer to change it. And there's nothing principled in his support; it's a purely libertarian stance. And he's "good" on alternative fuels, but again for the wrong reason: to lessen our dependence on the Arabian princes, as he charmingly calls the Mideast oil-producers.