[tbpiper]

I am not voting for John McCain. Few conservatives will.

I'm pondering that myself. Rationalization though it may be, my thought is that I would vote against Hillery or Obama and not for McCain.

[Richard Kimball]

This is what makes it a tough choice. The Republicans have been trying to slowly purge the conservatives and create the "big tent." Rick Perry announced as much through a representative at the McLennan County Republican Convention in 2004. The representative said, "The Republican Party is a big tent, and if you're so tied to your single issue that you can't accept those who disagree with you, then get out. We don't need you." Perry, of course, dropped from 58% of the vote in 2000 to 39% in 2006, but was still able to pull out a victory because the anti-Perry vote was split three ways.

I know the coalition can't continue to hold together much longer when the ONLY reason we have to vote for Republicans is that the Democrats are so much worse.

[San Jacinto]

I am not voting for McCain literally or figuratively. When I vote against the dim it will not be by pulling the lever for McCain.