What will YOUR alternative be if your attempt fails and the GOP nominates Jeb, or Romney, or Christie, or some other functional Democrat, as the Republican presidential candidate?
From where I'm standing, THAT is the important question. I have already determined on the best alternative.
Third party or write-in, I suppose. My ancestors and I and millions of others served so that we can all vote. I won’t casually throw that away. Say that more of us had voted for McCain/Palin in 2008, for instance. Do you really think an old ex-POW would have made it through eight years of such a grueling job? And if not, what would have happened? That’s right! President Palin. But not enough people thought strategically!!