“I have not yet decided to sit it out , but am entertaining the idea for the first time ever “
Me, too - and six months ago I would have said the chances of that were 0%.
But the more I learn about each of these candidates, the less I like any of them (and I didn’t like any of them very much to begin with).
Perhaps the notion of having the Witch in office will be frightening enough for me to show up election day and vote for whoever has an “R” next to their name... but right now the only lever I want to pull is to flush all of these guys out of the race and demand another hand of candidates to choose from.
Obviously you don't like Fred either. Fred is one of the best conservative pubbie candidates to come along since Reagan. What do you want, eggs in your beer?
Although this slate of Republican candidates don't do it for you, think about the troops as a previous poster suggested. It is they who deserve our participation in the process. We should give them the best we got.