[Chunga]

I've voted for a few candidates that have lost at state and national levels, and let me tell you - it's better to lose on principle than win on compromise. Every time.

That's your opinion.

It isn't mine, and I've voted a lot myself.

Fred Thompson's my choice and I'd much rather win with John McCain than lose to Hillary Clinton by voting third party.

[SoCalPol]

The Liberturds are coming out from under their rocks
since people are wise to L Ron Paul and his anti war, anti Israel views, the Liberturds are trying to divide Republicans so any of the anti war candidates will win.

[arderkrag]

If you vote your conscience, you haven’t lost. It’s that simple. My party wins very rarely, and then only locally, but they reflect my beliefs. Should I vote for the “good ol’ boy” Republicans around here that are actually just Republicans so they can get votes? Of course not! Regardless of what few gains I may make, the losses are worse, one of them being that I have to look at myself in the mirror and say, “You helped make it this way” when those “conservatives” support liberal or authoritarian legislation. A vote for a third party is not wasted, it is what you believe.

[RockinRight]

Compromise can save a few lives and leave a few more dollars in my wallet. Principle does not if that principle results in your guy losing and the Dem winning.