If the GOP doesn't earn my vote, they may earn themselves a defeat. Temporary minority status might just be what's in order to wake the GOP up, or shake out the RINOs next time around. A simple majorty does not mean absolute power, as demonstrated by all three houses right now controlled (but ineffectively ruled) by the GOP.
Temporary...like 12 years...or perhaps 40?
You didn't answer. How are the DEMOCRATS earning your vote?
By not voting for the Republicans, you are voting for Democrats.
It's one or the other.
I really don't think this will do any good. We'll just go back to square one and start over *hoping* for a better result which may or may not happen. In the meantime, Democrats have been taught their political power is not guaranteed and will know better how to defend it. I tend to worry more about 2008. We need a Republican in the Whitehouse. Imagine Hillary Clinton as POTUS. How many supreme court justices are just hanging on waiting for Dem in the Whitehouse so they can retire and be replaced by liberal justices for the next 30 years?
You either vote for the best candidate or, by not voting at all, you effectively divide your vote among all candidates. Whether anyone 'earns' your vote is completely irrelevant. That's just the way it is. It's your decision. You can give your vote fully to who you feel would be the best single candidate or distribute that vote equally among all candidates. Just don't lie to yourself about what you are doing.