Anyone who would blindly vote for a Democrat out of spite, instead of focusing attention on a reasonable and sound Republican is no true or principled conservative, let alone Republican.
They're coming out of the closet today, doncha know?
I don't think you are grasping the larger point. Blindly voting for Republican because "at least they aren't democrats" just gives us Democrat-Lite which in the end is just as bad.
The big picture is that by punishing politicians that campaign as conservatives but then govern as Democrats will actually stop the problem. Your approach of being a party man rather than one that cares about ideology just multiplies and encourages the problem.
We need to start over as the current crop of Republicans really aren't conservatives.
Then I will abstain from voting.
Ohio's elected officials disgust me. It's a shame Portman moved on to bigger and better things. He was the only one I truly respected.
DeWine, Voinovich and Taft are all crooks. Traficant had more integrity than these clowns.