[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I agree. I think nominating any of them would pretty much ensure a GOP loss. The conservative base would simply fold up their chairs and go home.

So if Rudy or Romney wins the primaries, that means conservatives voted for them then during the primaries. You're in favor of nullifying the will of primary voters to stay home in a snit in the general and let the Dim win. How nice of you.

[Antoninus]

So if Rudy or Romney wins the primaries, that means conservatives voted for them then during the primaries. You're in favor of nullifying the will of primary voters to stay home in a snit in the general and let the Dim win. How nice of you.

Not in the states which have open primaries. It won't mean that at all. But that's beside the point.

I have always said if the liberals in the GOP want to run a liberal candidate and can fool enough people to get him past the primaries, good for them. They shouldn't cry, however, when informed conservatives and party activists fail to vote for/contribute to/work for such a candidate. I've seen here in NJ first hand what happens when conservatives put party over principle. Soon, you're left with neither.

If liberal Republicans want to put forward a liberal candidate, they should be willing to do so with liberal money, liberal supporters, and liberal voters. I won't help them.