So it doesn't matter to you that, say, the next two Supreme Court justices are going to be nominated by Bush rather than Kerry? I thank God for it. Bush isn't as conservative as I'd like on some issues, but he's a darn sight more conservative than Kerry.
Conservative politicians are human -- they fail and disappoint us. They'll always view some issues differently from the way we view them. And so we pay them back for that by standing on the sidelines, or voting third party, thus enabling more Democrats to gain office. That's called shooting yourself in the foot.
The way to get more conservatives in office is to work from an ever-more-conservative foundation. And you build that by voting in conservatives, even those you disagree with on some issues, rather than getting miffed and allowing Democrats to increase their power.
So it doesn't matter to you that, say, the next two Supreme Court justices are going to be nominated by Bush rather than Kerry?
I hate to break this to you, but Bush will not get any of his judges appointed. The stalemate in the Senate will continue throughout his term. So nothing will happen until the next Democratic president is elected, when the Republicans in Congress will fold like a house of cards, play 'nice' and let all of that president's liberal judges go through. The only way to change this would be for the Repubs to get a super-majority in '06 to stop the nonsense, and we all know that won't happen. It seems as if this Schiavo case has stirred up the country's opinion against the GOP as well as causing conservatives themselves to lessen their support, so we're looking at the Dems picking up seats.