I've been at it for 36 years. This will be the FIRST TIME I will decline a Republican on the ballot, and I have voted in every primary and every general since 1976. I also finally figured out the difference between "choices" and "outcomes." Hint: There's only going to be 1 outcome -- Romney or Obama. But YOU, Ben, just like me, have many choices as to how to cast your vote at the top of the ticket.
One of those choices has the best potential of helping conservatism and weakening liberalism. The thing is that in order to use it to do that, you must forfeit any say in whether Obama or Romney wins. That's the price of voting FOR a plurality. The price you are willing to pay to vote "against" Obama is voting FOR making liberalism stronger in both parties.
How long will it take you to recognize when you're fulfilling Einstein's Definition of Insanity? I'll be frank -- I didn't figure it out until after Arnold Schwarzenegger. I learned something valuable from him, and now I am applying what I've learned.
Eternal Vigilance was spot on when he pointed out a day or two ago with regard to Romney vs Obama: "Heads they win, tails we lose."
And you're taking that "bet."
Ditto's.