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You're one to talk about NOT being divisive. To my knowledge, you have TWICE stated a refusal to support Rosario Marin if she were to win the Republican nomination to oppose Barbara Boxer for having the temerity to support the President's policies on immigration.

That's true, I have. I put certain principles over party.
If it should happen that I withhold my vote from Marin, should she be the GOP Senatorial nominee, that would still leave me with one less withheld vote for a GOP nominee than you've achieved by withholding two from John Warner.
You may now proceed to rationalize why everything's different when you do it.
The fact remains that to date, I have a 100% record of voting for GOP nominees, and you don't.

John Warner knifed Ollie North in the back first, so I refuse to "shut up and vote" - or is that refusal only allowed when the issue in question is immigration? Ollie North's vote would have passed a partial-birth abortion ban over Clinton's veto in the late 90s.

I sure as heck was not helping to re-elect Barbara Boxer in the process when I withheld my vote both times. Which means one more anti-defense, anti-marriage amendment, pro-abortion, pro-tax increase, anti-gun, anti-Bush judges Senator stays in. And there is no real change on immigration policy, either, if anything, Boxer's stance is far worse than the President's.

Then again, to you, I'm just some party hack or shill. Or a sellout. Or worse. But don't try to pin the "divisive" laben on me. Any time someone walks off because their person did not win the nomination after having a dog in the fight, THEY are the ones responsible for causing division, NOT the candidate who they stabbed in the back.

If Marin wins the nomination (I think it will be Bill Jones - who did okay in 1998; nobody else on the GOP ticket won statewide election), and loses becuase some third-party spoiler splits the vote, don't be surprised if you find yourself distrusted.