“ANY Republican is better than ANY DEMOCRAT....period.”
I wish our standards for party membership were high enough to make that absolute statement an indisputable fact.
It’s true the vast majority of the time of course but not 100%.
For legislative seats moreso than Executive potions. Legislatures are mostly about voting record and party control. Usually I don’t back third party congressional candidates but I’m backing the conservative party candidate in the NY special election because the Republican is an ultra-RINO, pro-partial birth, pro-gay, pro-union piece of detritus who really oughta take more votes from the dem than from the Conservative candidate. She was selected, not elected to run for the seat. Even if the rat wins as embarrassing as that would be that will allow a real Republican to run in 2010 without having to go through a RINO incumbent backed with party dollars.
Mark Kirk (future party switch threat) is likely gonna be the Republican senate candidate in my state. He is so far to the left there are several rats in the state legislature that are to his right. None are running against him of course or are likely to win a statewide primary but if one did....
I digress.
Governorships are mostly about leadership.
Big time RINO Governors (not talking just lukewarm types) who govern just like rats and destroy their state GOPs are actually even more harmful than the rats.
Like imprisoned ex-Guv George Ryan here in Illinois and his younger clone Kirk Dillard. In Ryan’s case he was opposed by a moderate rat who would have been slightly better and in Mass. in 1990 an actual conservative managed to win the rat nod, he was far better than the RINO disaster William Weld. I would actually have voted for the dem if I could have voted in those 2 elections! Those are exceptions of course. 9 times out of ten the rat is commie disaster and when presented with 2 unacceptable choices like say Arnold Kennedy Schwarzenegger and any California democrat, the proper choice would have been none of the above.
If Dillard is nominated I forsee not voting for him in the general because he’s corrupt slime who will do more harm than good.
I wouldn’t vote against lukewarm Governors like Perry or Pawlenty or moderate candidates like Rudy but there is a line where it becomes counter-productive if they govern too far to the left or are incompetent. Don Scumquist of TN is an interesting case, he voted conservative in congress but turned out to be a disaster as Governor.
Thankfully Crist isn’t running in Florida, opting for the Senate instead. Redistricting would have been the only reason I’d consider it worthwhile to reelect him.