well said. i had the same feeling about why mccain picked palin as they were such polar opposites...just shows that there’s still a pulse in the party.
also agree with with your “local” comments. my wife was frustrated because she knows come election time, she’ll likely vote R as will I, yet her sister and her husband will vote D and “cancel us out” (even though they don’t know a lick about politics), and thought the ideal candidate needs to tow the pc line to bring in the “independents”...
the fallacy is that no one “cancels out” your vote in the primaries, and the Ds and independents are both non-factors in that race. The real point is to get involved early which VERY few people do, and make sure the best candidate rises to the top who can handle his own when it comes national debate time...aka when the masses first start paying attention.
This did not happen in ‘08, but hopefully next year will be different. And all the media spin of front-runner, favorite, polling, etc. nonsense between now and a year from now is just noise.
Romney is a Yankee mAsshole. If he is nominated I will vote Libertarian or Conservative party. The R’s will have a majority in congress, hold the purse strings. I am not so sure Obama isn’t going to get a challenger. He is very weak.