"I am finally done with the republican party - come hell or high water I will vote for the Constitution party from now on."
I wouldn't do that yet.
Wait to see what the Senate does on the nuclear option.
They may understand that the Republican majority is going to fall apart at the grass roots if they don't pass it, and that may motivate the waverers to vote for it. Then there will be an increasingly conservative judiciary, and things can perhaps start to move in the direction you desire.
If they fail on the nuclear option, that will mean there is actually no HOPE of change, and at that point it is reasonable to go vote for a third party which also has no hope of changing anything, because if the Republicans have the power and won't do it, you are still at zero and no worse off being at zero among different folks who didn't betray you.
But the Republicans haven't betrayed you yet.
The Bush brothers look to be playing Pontius Pilate with the life of Terri, but that is them, not the Republican Party. What the Republicans do in the Senate IS the Party.
Hold your fire, and don't leave the tent just yet. Not even though lots of your fellow Republicans here and elsewhere are so eager to show you the door. The fear of loss may bring the Senate to reason, in which case you will still want to be inside the tent.
What you say makes a lot of sense. I coud never vote anything but Republican because of the numbers. It is just that you would think 55 R's would be enough, but it is not cause some pubs are on the fence. If we gave them 60, there would still be some on the fence and they could still wimp out on us!
Good advice.. I will keep voting for the cowardly republicans until they pull my feeding tube. Then, President Bush can say "it is a sad case" and move on. The other choices for my vote are senseless. Medved has that point right. Just know that they are going to stab you in the back....get used to the feel. As for the nuclear option, it is all bluster before full scale retreat to the tall grass. They cannot cajole enough votes. Hope I am wrong.