That's what they said about the primaries and straw polls, but for the sake of discussion, let's agree to that assertion. We're back to the old argument of voting for principle or voting for another Rockefeller Republican, "compassionate" (read: Not) conservative that, in this election, will be the extinction level event for conservatism and, by extension, the Constitution.
You don't have to do it. A Paul/Hillary match-up was done over a month a ago by a major pollster and showed him getting over 30 percent (despite his very low name recognition).
Bush is not a Rockefeller Republican. At least not on social issues and judicial appointments. Maybe you’re a Rockefeller Republican on social issues and judicial appointments.