[inquest]

That's why McCain must not win the primary. But Tancredo will siphon off a few percentage points from the conservatives, and it could become a real problem.

And so now it all comes full circle. We get told we're not supposed to vote third-party, because the Democrats will win; that if you want to move things further to the right, do it in the GOP primaries. Now we're not supposed to vote "too conservative" in the GOP primaries, because otherwise McCain will be the nominee. So the upshot is, unless we're willing to color outside the lines that have been presented to us by the party hacks, we'll still have to dance to their tune. Sorry, but this cycle needs to be broken somewhere.

[cripplecreek]

How many times did we sit here and laugh because the democrats were voting for a man they didn't like (John Kerry) just so they could beat Bush? I'm not going to play that game.

I will vote for whoever I damned well choose to vote for. If the party thinks they can blame me for their loss, then they can consider my vote lost for good.

[The Old Hoosier]

I don't think Tancredo is generally more conservative than Brownback -- he's probably a lot like Allen on most issues -- but he is better on immigration.

That doesn't mean I'm going to vote for the nut. I care too much about abortion, guns, and taxes to throw my vote away on this guy and elect anti-gun, shaky-on-abortion, bad-on-taxes McCain.

Those are my three criteria for any candidate, and that's why I backed Toomey and Schaeffer and a whole bunch of long-shot conservatives in primaries in the past.

[fallujah-nuker]

And so now it all comes full circle. We get told we're not supposed to vote third-party, because the Democrats will win; that if you want to move things further to the right, do it in the GOP primaries. Now we're not supposed to vote "too conservative" in the GOP primaries, because otherwise McCain will be the nominee. So the upshot is, unless we're willing to color outside the lines that have been presented to us by the party hacks, we'll still have to dance to their tune. Sorry, but this cycle needs to be broken somewhere.

Heads I win, tails you lose.

[Rodney King]

And so now it all comes full circle. We get told we're not supposed to vote third-party, because the Democrats will win; that if you want to move things further to the right, do it in the GOP primaries. Now we're not supposed to vote "too conservative" in the GOP primaries, because otherwise McCain will be the nominee. So the upshot is, unless we're willing to color outside the lines that have been presented to us by the party hacks, we'll still have to dance to their tune. Sorry, but this cycle needs to be broken somewhere.

The circle is not broken. The circle has always been one big con job to convince people who beleive in things not to vote for candidates who believe in things.

[Barney Gumble]

Exactly! Republicans need remember who brings them to the dance.