[Sabertooth]

I don't expect you to understand

I fully understand why you won't apply the logic by which you harangue others to yourself.

When you didn't vote for Warner, for whatever reason, your logic says that you as good as voted for a Democrat.

There it stands.

[hchutch]

Sabertooth, do you not think that action should be taken to deal with those who divide the party?

Furthermore, who even divides the party? Is the the person who disagrees with a plank of the platform, OR is it the person (or persons) who after a nomination battle doesn't go their way, go third party/independent/stay at home?

Should leaders of a political party expect that after a nomination battle, all those who were involved unite to win the general election? And how should they deal with those who refuse to support a nominee? Isn't distrust in the future a reasonable response to those who announce such a refusal?

You want to have it both ways. You want the Republicans to stick their neck out for you on your pet issue (immigration), but you seem unwilling to be the kind of person who they would trust enough to stick their neck out for. If anything, you instead are saying, "Do things my way, or I'll go third-party/independent/stay-at-home". That does NOT encourage any rational politican to risk his career on your issues.