I would recommend not being devoted to any political group or party. It's the greatest hack. You can chose policies à la carte, you can decide who you associa

I would recommend not being devoted to any political group or party. It's the greatest hack. You can chose policies à la carte, you can decide who you associate yourself with on a case-by-case basis. You can avoid group think errors in judgement. If you must register for primaries in your state, then that's fine. But that's where the association would end in my book.