Well, unless you and the islamofascists both think that conservatives are idiots, it's a lost cause for them.
Whether a better candidate appears or not, the options of not voting republican is not on my intergalactic radar.
If a better Republican appears, so much the better. If I have a choice of an incubent or a potentially better one, the new guy gets my money and my vote.
Voting third party or "progressive" (aka Democrat) is not even a remote remote option. Neither is Third Party.
" the options of not voting republican is not on my intergalactic radar."
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You are correct and sensible, but just read some of the posts, who say they would rather see the Dems win, because "that would teach Republicans".