"LOL..they are the fringe..believe me if you can."
Depends on how many of them there are.
When the pro-lifers were in a fury over Miers, we were called the fringe too. But the Republican party would be destroyed if the pro-life base stayed home.
In that case, the leadership new it and threw Miers under the train, not because they WANTED to, but because they had to.
Apparently they've calculated that the BorderBots are not as numerous, or as likely to be adamant, as the Pro-Lifers.
If I were a BorderBot, I'd feel utterly betrayed.
But I'm not, so my concern is tactical.
Will they really stay home?
Do they think the way I did about Miers and Schiavo?
When I said "This is IT" in each of those cases, I meant it. Jeb Bush will never get my vote after pulling Pontius Pilate. Had Miers been the nominee, I would have stayed home or voted third party. I resolved then to absolutely refuse to vote for ANY pro-abortion candidate. Only once Miers was withdrawn and Alito put up instead did I allow that I would consider, again, casting a caucus vote for Shays up here in Connecticut.
Now, these BorderBots seem as sincere as I was.
If they ARE, and if there are as many of them as there are pro-lifers (I think there are, and the President's 29% approval ratings tell me this is so), then I think the President inflicted a fatal wound on the party tonight.
But if I misread the BorderBots, then the GOP may eke it out.