With a Republican President and a Republican Congress, they managed to bloat the government more than anyone before them.

I’m trying to count on “what I got” out of voting for Republicans for the last 6 years. I’m paying more taxes than I ever did. I’m not a senior so I didn’t get a prescription drug bribe.

I got two Supreme Court justices out of it. Two that have some real iffy opinions on subjects near and dear to yours truly.

I’m through with them. We’ll see them again in a decade or two when some more Justices are retiring and I’ll buy my high capacity clips before they get banned again after November.

Early buzz for candidacy, plagued by delay and low energy, never picked up steam…

We could end up with a RINO that at least gives us some of what we want, or we could get a Dem and get everything we hate. It is a cynical way of looking at it, but, hey, that is the way of politics.

Another thing to add is that everyone should remember that if you stay home, you will not only protest on Presidental vote but also on other important positions too (senate, rep, state positions, locals), and that is awful. Even you will miss voting on a potential lightning rod conservative below the President’s level.

I live in NY-25 (Rep Walsh-R) and staying home from voting here would be terrible.

Jason’s right, if you sit out completely, it’ll have ramifications throughout the party.

So go vote in November. Give the entire undercard to the GOP and do as you wish with your Presidential vote. Leave it blank, write in Fred, or vote 3rd party. I’d suggest you find a 3rd party because that will show up more clearly as a protest in future statistical analyses.

What I plan to do: Either Thompson or Paul are acceptable moderate to far right candidates. If not both, my opinion would be to vote for lesser of two evils (Hillary is the worst of the worst).

If you are upset at a leader, voice your frustration on the phone to him/her. BUT DON’T STAY HOME AND THROW AWAY YOUR VOTE, CAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

It’s fine to vote third party, but you must have a good excuse. Meaning voting third party against someone like Jeff Flake or Jeb Hensnarling or Andrew Harris (MD1) will not help the conservative revolution grow.

For you Marylanders in district 1 – vote Andrew Harris. Thats a start!

McCain IS a democrat.
Huckabee is worse in most cases to the Democrats.
If it is these guys, why vote?

The problem is, sitting out will not change what the GOP does. They haven’t had the epiphany that 2006 should have provided them, and losing in 2008 will not do it, either.

2010, 2012, whatever it takes. These are politicians we’re talking about here. At some point, someone will figure it out and run a good conservative campaign.

You can only effect change by voting your conscience.

If it is, then we can at least get to a brokered convention.

No offense, but I don’t think you’d see this many RINOs on an African safari and the election would go down to a nailbiter.