[neverdem]

Vote third party, and cut off your nose to spite your face, e.g. teach GHW Bush a lesson for breaking his no new tax pledge, and vote for Perot. Get the detestable bent one signing the execrable Motor Voter Law.

I meant that as a general rule.

I used to be registered in NY's Conservative Party, but I switched by an Oct. 2007 deadline so I could vote against McCain in the March 2008 primary, IIRC. I wanted Fred Thompson. I had to settle for Romney. I liked McCain in 2000.

The RNC should have gone to closed primaries in as many states as possible. Only registered party members can vote in closed primaries, not even independents in states like NY. If some RINO loses to Obama in 2012, and the Tea Party movement loses its influence in the GOP, I'd be willing to bail on the GOP and its ruling class to replace it.

I was hoping the rats would join the Whigs. If it has to be the GOP, so be it.

[rmlew]

The RNC should have gone to closed primaries in as many states as possible. Only registered party members can vote in closed primaries, not even independents in states like NY. If some RINO loses to Obama in 2012, and the Tea Party movement loses its influence in the GOP, I'd be willing to bail on the GOP and its ruling class to replace it.
What is wrong with limiting primaries to party members?
And New Hampshire chooses non-conservatives thanks to the unaffiliated vote these days.