If he shares so many points of commonality with the Democrats, you are quibbling over one little Letter behind his name while ignoring all the things that make that Letter so vile.
How about voting for someone you actually share opinions with? Is that so damn hard?
Bush is certainly no prize and not at all conservative but would Gore or Kerrey have been better? If you think that voting third party will keep a democrat out you are delusional. A third party will not win, period. The time to get completely behind someone who shares the values of most was six months ago but everyone was factionalized and supporting their single issue candidate, or the one who looked good, or the one who was a righteous preacher. Blindness to what McCain was doing or the democrat crossover votes that went for McCain ensured that nobody good would succeed. The way our primaries are so split ensures that this travesty will happen. Everyone stuck with their favorite instead of making a rational analysis and now everyone is stuck with McCain. Mark my words, an Obama or Clinton in the WH with a 70+ seat advantage in congress will ensure a worse disaster than McCain. If you want to directly contribute to that then fine, snuggle up to those rats and live with the consequences.