Many Californians here learned the hard way from dear Arnold Schwarzenegger that it is futile to vote for a Democrat In Conservative Clothing. Finny has the right idea, encouraging a vote for third party to weaken the win. Maybe it's a California thing. I don't blame others who've not been through the Schwarzenegger chaos. You just can't see it. Yet.
We cannot survive 4 more years of Obama. Period. To enable that in any way is anathema. I will never vote for a third party.and if it’s Virgil Goode you are hawking, that is a total nonstarter. I LIVE in Virginia And no one knows who he is.
I have lived in DC suburbs for 34 years. I am not a political neophyte. My husband worked as counsel on the senate judiciary committee during three sup ct nominations. We are both lawyers and we know exactly what is at stake in this election. We cannot afford idealistic votes for a losing third party candidate. All three of my kids will be old enough to vote republican in this election. My 18 yo daughter is interning at the fairfax co. Romney HQ this summer, making calls and knocking on doors. I have never done political work in my life, but she is passionate about this. Are we Mittbots? Not remotely. We are pragmatists convinced that defeating Obama is vital.
The USA is not CA.